Tuesday…

It’s just the regular ‘monday’ stuff here, but for some reason we’re on tuesday already.  LOL.

Yesterday I thought about what I was reading.  I have been on a reading marathon the last little while, and It seems I haven’t researched my choices before purchasing them.

With the hunger to read frivolous and mindless books for a change, I must admit I have made a few bad choices of books in the last little while.  It wasn’t that I chose these books purposely, I still will never do that.  I just didn’t put the book down when I should have.  One was from the dollar store locally, and had one ‘romance’ scene in it with too much detail.  The other was a Nora Roberts book from Costco.  I had heard of the author, but had never read a book.  Needless to say, I won’t be purchasing or borrowing one of hers again.  As I finished the story line (skimming the detailed parts), I realized that these books are no more or less detailed than the average chic flick.  There is so much description in the books and movies these days it’s unreal.  We always think it’s the men in life that have the issues with lust and dare I say the word (soft) porn.  I would have to say that many of the books and movies out there that women flock to give us a warped image of romance.  I don’t know where I’m going with this yet, but I do know I will be more careful and more thoughtful in my selection of books and movies in the future.  I will not allow my girls to watch some of the movies I have, or read these books in the future, so what makes it right for me?   I don’t know if I can touch on the topic of Christian Romance books…yeah, I will say, from my experience I have had to eliminate those books from my life as well.  They have caused me to have expectations of my marriage and my man that are unrealistic.  All good ideas, and all super if they are in a marriage, but when I constantly have ideas and ideals thrown at me from books, it’s really hard not to have those expectations in my marriage and in my man.   It’s hard to live in the reality of my life…and savor in the romance we do share. 

I think i’ll have to stick to self help books.  Mystery books?  I’m not sure…

What do you read?  Do you find you live in a fantasy world after reading a book?  What brings you back to reality after?