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Some you win, some you lose
Apr. 6th, 2004 08:23 pm... and some you really aren't sure about.
I'm a bookworm. Always have been.
For the last few months, I've been putting off reading things I know I both want to and ought to read to the point where even relatively light fiction can take several days to read (rather than the usual few hours) and heavier reading sometimes simply doesn't get done. I've never before had problems handing library books back on time because they were unread (rather than had been misplaced...).
Yesterday I worked out the reason. I need reading glasses. My eyes had focal lengths that just overlapped when I read (one is longsighted, one shortsighted). Now they just don't overlap. This explains the headache whenever I read (and why I currently find computers easier to read than books).
There is one curious benifit- because I can't read as fast or as easily, I must take quite a bit longer to read a book- meaning that I identify much more closely with what is happening. I can't recall the last time a book I had read before moved me to tears twice within the space of 150 pages for different causes.
I'm a bookworm. Always have been.
For the last few months, I've been putting off reading things I know I both want to and ought to read to the point where even relatively light fiction can take several days to read (rather than the usual few hours) and heavier reading sometimes simply doesn't get done. I've never before had problems handing library books back on time because they were unread (rather than had been misplaced...).
Yesterday I worked out the reason. I need reading glasses. My eyes had focal lengths that just overlapped when I read (one is longsighted, one shortsighted). Now they just don't overlap. This explains the headache whenever I read (and why I currently find computers easier to read than books).
There is one curious benifit- because I can't read as fast or as easily, I must take quite a bit longer to read a book- meaning that I identify much more closely with what is happening. I can't recall the last time a book I had read before moved me to tears twice within the space of 150 pages for different causes.
