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I wish I read more.
No, really.
I can remember the last book I read. It was Starship Titanic -- sadly, in December 2001.
I'm horrible with dates and times, but the reason I remember this is because I read it in one night, during a vacation, tucked slugly under a crocheted blanket on one of Gramma Millie's old, caved-in, sloping guest-room beds. Vacations are the only time I can devote enough attention to reading a book. When I got home, I started in on The Road to Mars. I think I might have made it to page 5.
I have always had a terribly short attention span. However, I read a lot as a youngster, and it wasn't hard for me to finish books pretty quickly. If I'm bored or undistracted -- which was quite often when I was a kid, seeing as how I didn't get out much -- it's easy for me to get engrossed in whatever I'm doing. I devoured science fiction and fantasy books, particularly humorous ones such as the Hitchhiker's Guide series.
My favorite book series is the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust. It's where my AIM screen name Dragaera comes from. My favorite book by Brust overall is Agyar (which is not a Taltos book).
Now that I'm grown up, I only seem to have time to read magazines -- quick-hit stuff I can skim through. I somehow manage to scrape a few hours here and there to get through Wired, my favorite. And beyond that, I'll flip through Newsweek if I have time.
Oh cool. I see another Taltos installment is coming out in August. Maybe I'll take it to Gramma Millie's with me this year and try to get another book read.