I enjoy reading so much and enjoy being captured by something I have read even more. Books are just so amazing and I could not picture a world without them, nor do I want to. So many to buy and even more to be read. We have a collection at home and it is growing slowly. It is growing slowly because I have a section in the house for them to be stored nicely and I do not have a whole room in my house just to store books. There are certain classics that I just have to put in my personal home library, but I add them a little bit at a time. Being a homeschooling mom, I already have places in the house that are set up the way I need for storage and I am fine with that. I actually prefer it this way.
Why am I fine with this? I am so glad that you asked. I enjoy visiting my local library way too much and being able to check out books for a period of time, return them and then get new ones. You can just call my children and I regulars, just like going out to eat or shopping. Only much better, it is such a wonderful and free service. The library has so much more than books. We can check out audiobooks, DVD's, CD's, magazines, computer software and more. They also have fun classes and shows for children, adults, and the family. We can check out free passes to the Children's Museum as well!
My only minor issue that I had, which became a not so minor issue at times, was not having the classic on hand to refer to something I had read prior that would pop into my mind or help me with something that I was now reading or working on. Well, that is not a problem anymore. Not sure why I have not truly been inspired to annotate before until now, but I have found riches so to speak. Yes, I have underlined and taken minor notes here and there regarding my scriptures, articles and books, but I have not fully put myself into it.
That all changed today! I was inspired by a post on my Facebook Thomas Jefferson Education Group and thought I can totally do this and make it a way that fully works for me and the way I operate. I had some spiral notebooks on one of our homeschooling shelves and got to work, with reading that is. I am currently reading Jane Eyre for my personal study and we are reading as a family Here, There Be Dragons. I had to go back through what I had already read in Jane Eyre so I could start annotating. Let me tell you, it felt so good to now be able to write down page numbers with important notes, vocabulary words, and more. I do not have to worry about not having the book personally on hand, because I now will have my notebooks filled with treasures to look over and over for years to come.
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