Torch, Summer 2006

L ike some of you perhaps, I am an avid reader. My husband, like some of you perhaps, is an avid runner. I think all people should be crazy readers, and he keeps trying to convince me to be a crazy runner. We’ll come back to this later! I confess to growing stacks of books everywhere. There are books in my office, my shelves at home, my desk, and my nightstand. My nicely arranged bookshelves are crisscrossed with multilayers of tomes which soon become stacked into horizontally tiered cake forms and then overflow under chairs and beds. And do I read all these books? You bet … sometimes two or three at a time! Like I said, I love to read! So, with so many books available, how do I choose the books I read? Well, maybe the more important questions are “ Why do I read a book in the first place? And why don’t I read a book?” Here are some of my unique reasons. They may or may not be yours. ion By Carol Estes Summer 2006 / TORCH 19