Today is the 5th Monday of the month.
These are the odd weeks. The shifting week. Starting with one month and ending with another, you never know quite which month you are supposed to act in. Which month’s goals do you focus on? Which month’s bills do you pay? This is the week that I share a struggle.
Here it is, my true life-long struggle:
Finding the right book.
Some of us are masters of the book list. We create long ones, we record what we read, and we relish sharing them with others. For me, all I have to say is: You should consider yourself lucky if my monthly book list makes it to Instagram. Truly, I plow through books so slowly these days that I wonder if I have anything new to read. Then when I finish one, I struggle to figure out what to read next.
It's not any better for my boys really. I have taken the time to help them learn to love reading, but taking the time to find the next great read? Not very much. I admit that I do create a summer reading list for my guys, in which I pay them a buck a book, but that's composed of classics. If there's a new book worth reading in the stores, I do not know about it.
How do I get past this struggle of finding the right read? Remember that list above?
People who record what they are reading are also great at sharing it with the world!
I look at online book lists, ask readers in a facebook group, and join a book club of people who know how to pick great books.
Other than what Mortimer Adler says in "How to Read a Book", I am clueless when it comes to picking a good book. How do you teach your children how to pick up a book in a library or store and know that it is going to be a great read?