Some More Rambling

First of all, before I forget, here are some tips for avid readers who just don't have the time to read anymore:

• Simply don't start reading a good book the night you're supposed to be studying for a test.
• If it's bad the first fifty pages, it's probably bad all the way through. There's no point of wasting your time and going through a bad experience of your own volition just because you think it might get better.
• Read something that you won't get hooked on if you're stressed and need a book to relax.
• Download or borrow an audio version and listen to the book when you're doing the dishes or riding the bus.
• Even better, convert an Ebook into Ipod notes using the countless convertors on the Internet and read it anywhere, anytime (you can listen to music at the same time, too!)
• Focus on the things you have to do, and once you're done them, go to bed early. Then start reading.
• Finish everything you have to do before reading. Don't work on something, read a novel for thirty minutes and then go back to work. Reading feels better in long stretches.

I haven't had a chance to read a good novel in so long that I've forgotten what they're like. I can't wait till next year (after university applications). Right now there's grades, scholarships, exams and universities to worry about. Grade twelve is seriously too taxing.

Actually, the best tip for avid readers is to just drop everything and read. How else are you supposed to find time? It's impossible!