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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about reading while sick…As I said in my last post, I've spent the week with the flu, which has led me to wonder:
How does your being sick (or injured) affect your reading? Do you read more? Less? Do you pick out a different book than you had already planned? Do you have a "comfort book" that makes you feel better?
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks.
One of the things I remember the most about sick as a kid (I never really got sick, but managed to catch every cold that went around) was curling up in my mum's bed and watching The Sound of Music - my all-time favourite movie. It always made me feel better. I was thinking about this today, and it suprised me to realise that I don't have/do a book equivalent.
When I'm sick I pretty much just lie around and read - as long as I don't have to actually move, then I'm good. My reading is usually punctuated by a lot of dozing so while I read almost all day, it's in little 10 minute spurts.
Most of the time I'll read whatever I'm currently reading until it's done. This time it was Middlesex, and I managed to read over half of it in a day and a bit. After that I try to pick up something easier on my poor brain that's been shook around from all my coughing. I read the first seven books of Daisy Meadow's Rainbow Magic series - the huge font was heaven :)
37 comments :
Hi Rebecca!
I liked your question so much I decided to stop just reading all those Monday musing responses and actually have a go myself!heres the link to my post.
http://antipodeanowl.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/monday-musing/
My answer is up. I haven't been sick a lot, so knock on wood.
Feel better!
Mine's up here.
http://elizabethwillse.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/musing-monday-119-reading-while-sick/
Here is mine: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/monday-musings-january-19/.
I've currently got bronchitis so I felt like I could answer this week's meme with some recent experience!
http://www.ddubsreads.com/DDubsReads/Blog/Entries/2009/1/18_Musing_Monday%3A_Being_Sick.html
I don't get ill often but my answer is HERE
I'm not often ill thank goodness. My answer is here.
Mine answer is here.
Thanks for hosting!
http://marineko.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays-reading-when-sickinjured.html
Here's mine.
Musing Monday
Mine is up http://morbid-romantic.net/2009/01/19/musing-mondays-sick-reading
I don't often take sick days, but my response it up: http://stateofdenmark2.wordpress.com
Hope you are feeling better soon. I love the idea of reading while I am sick, but usually my mind is too distracted to do it. :)
Karen H.
Hi Rebecca, I hope you're well now.. I have the flu right now, too.. my post is here:
http://kissacloud.blogspot.com/2009/01/flavour-in-mail-and-reading-while-sick.html
Awww, feel better soon, Rebecca!
Here's my post:
http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/musing-mondays-jan19/
Hope your finally feeling better!! Great prompt, as usual! Here's my link: My Muse and Me
Here's mine!
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_19.html
Hope you feel better soon!
I was sick also this past week. You can view my posting here :
http://steph3891.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_19.html
I'm just recovering from a sprained ankle so good timing for this question. See my answer here
Huge font is always pleasant when sick! Feel better soon!
Here's mine
Here is mine:
Musings!
Great question...
Here is mine.
I just got over the flu myself! It's been a while since I was that sick.
Did I do any reading? Well, my answer is up! :)
Here's my post for this week.
Feel better soon!
http://memybookandthecouch.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_19.html
Hope you are feeling better!
Mine is up!
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/01/sick-reading.html
Hope you're feeling better
My first MM here:
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays-19109.html
Here's mine.
I can't wait 'til winter is over. Cold don't drag me down as much in the summer.
Mine’s here.
Mine is up now:
http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays-jan-19.html
Here is my post: http://mybeetlebugs.blogspot.com/. I am sorry it is isn't much but that is all I have to say on this topic.
what a great question - I will have to look at the Monday Musings more often - thanks.
http://booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com/
Here's my answer
http://purplg8r-somanybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-monday-january-19-2009.html
I hope you are feeling better!
http://susanlovesbooks.blogspot.com/
For me, I think it depends on the kind of sick I am. Sweaty and feverish, I can't remember what I've read, so I don't bother anymore. I've been hospitalized a lot with complications from different cancer treatments and I find I can only read the first day or 2 that I'm in the hospital. Then I just can't seem to concentrate on books. If I'm there long enough, I even stop reading magazines. But if I just feel kind of lousy or when I'm recovering, I can read just fine. When I had back problems 10 years ago I read a ton more than usual.
My answer is up at http://teenbookreview.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/musing-mondays-01192009/.
My first ever Musing Monday answer is up.
http://kissmybook.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays.html
Thanks for your comment and I hope you get better too!
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