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Nope.
You see, I still haven't been getting much sleep. Before you start feeling sorry for me, I will preemptively brush aside your sympathetic murmurings by guiltily admitting that it's through no one's fault except my own. I can't blame it on work, a crying baby / animal or even stress and anxiety.
I've been up during the wee hours of the morning reading books*, eyes glued to the page and refusing to close until Morpheus bashes me across the face with a sandbag. There is absolutely no reason why I can't put the book down and pick it up the next day. The characters aren't going anywhere and the plot won't change if I don't finish reading tonight. But my impatience, particularly when coupled with an ensnaring plot, keeps me plugging along during the night and tromping around like a zombie during the day. So if you ever see me in person, that's not some chic smokey eye makeup trend I'm rocking. That's my book addiction, manifesting itself physically.**
*Which books, might you ask, are keeping me up? Bossypants by Tina Fey and The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. I think you all know that Bossypants is 'read this book with an empty bladder' good but The Rook exceeded my expectations. What a wonderful new writer to discover!
**The next book on my nightstand is Mark of Athena, the third in the second Percy Jackson series. You can bet your buttons that getting to bed early is not in my near future.
***What book, if any, has been keeping you up at night?
I sleep normally but wake up late, Im a lazy bone.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading with great enthusiasm! It was an awesome (thick) book!
To kill the mocking bird! Why didnt the previous comment show the title :(
ReplyDeleteI'm thrilled that it is books that are keeping you awake and not insomnia. The prospect of starting an Agatha Christia book club is the latest thing keeping me up. Although, you have my curiosity aroused with this Daniel O'Malley book.
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Wish I could stay up like you, my problem is--much as I love the book I'm reading, after three pages I go zzz. Now intrigued by Bossypants.
ReplyDeleteEven if tried I wouldn't be able to. I need my sleep!
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I really want to read BossyPants but haven't gotten it yet.
ReplyDeleteI can't read at night for that exact reason - but when I don't get sleep I get sad and grouchy.
I have the opposite problem. I think I have the closest thing to narcolepsy without actually having it and if I watch tv in a reclining I have been known to fall asleep before the opening credits.
ReplyDeleteI've given up on reading before bed because the light will shine on my face all night {I rarely wake up}. I'll be adding those books to my daytime reading though for sure!
Had you been up all night when you commented yesterday morning???
ReplyDeleteThere hasn't been a book in a veeeery long time that has had the power to keep me up. See, I'm the exact opposite of you. I NEED sleep...or else I wake up shaking my fist at the world.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I've heard so many great reviews about Bosssypants. I want to read it!
I haven't read a book in a long time that I couldn't put down at night but when I read the Twilight books I missed my bus stop once because I didn't realize what was going on around me ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, you're so lucky! I've always been of the 'Must have sleep or I will puke' persuasion myself. Which means I was always the one they tortured at sleepovers. :)
ReplyDeletefeeling sorry for you? why? I wish I could live on less sleep. there is so much to do. but I need about 9 hours a day. I can live on less for a few days but then I need to catch up with long naps. it's horrible. I envy people who function on less!
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I hear yah, Rooth! Lately, I've not been getting a lot of sleep because of reading and damn Twitter, and I like it!!! Bwahaha! Still have not read Bossypants, but it's on my To-Read list, and also that Riordan series, as I loved the Percy Jackson one.
ReplyDeleteI wish I didn't need a lot of sleep...I've been having trouble sleeping lately, so I've been reading the Game of Thrones series, and I'm on the 4th so far in the series. Bossypants is definitely on my list though :)
ReplyDeleteWe are opposites then, because I literally need like 12 hours of sleep a night to be not-grumpy and function like a normal human being. I could take 14 hours, but I'm not that greedy. I'm a big fan of naps, too. Pretty much every night I fall asleep with my nose in a book.
ReplyDeleteI've always been a night owl, so I totally get you. I stay up way too late for no particular reason, and have to FORCE myself to go to bed every night!
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I don't sleep either, although lately I've been better. My husband can sleep at the drop of a pin. That, not lack of sleep, makes me crabby. I can't go to sleep (no matter how tired) without reading a little, even a sentence, and when I wake up in the middle of the night, it's a book I use to lull and soothe me.
ReplyDeleteYou need to sleep!!! First things first Miss Rooth!!
ReplyDeleteI currently don't have a book keeping me up. I'm trying to start the Nicholas Sparks book...the one he wrote with his brother...see I can't even remember what it's called and it's on my nightstand.
When I was much younger, I used to survive on 4 to 5 hours of sleep a night. Now that I'm older, it's really taking a toll and I find I need to catch up on the lost hours on the weekends!
ReplyDeletewe have opposite super powers.. i can sleep for hours on end.. sleeping machine.. me AND my dog.
ReplyDeleteI have the same "things are going on without me" syndrome I think. But mine involves tv, the computer and magazines. Also, I eventually always have to give in to sleep ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a napper and don't sleep on planes. But Ooh I love to sleep
ReplyDeleteOh man, I would kill for this super power! I could get SO much done if I didn't have to sleep. As it stands, I need eight - and I'll take more - hours of sleep per night, otherwise I'm cranky pants. I need to read every night before bed, too. Though, I'm pretty disciplined when the lights need to go out.
ReplyDeleteI'm like you when I have a book. I just can't put it down! On the other hand, if I'm not reading, I need so much sleep!
ReplyDeleteI totally feel you girl. I have missed many a good night's sleep for a good book. In fact, it is one of the reasons I have not started any this week because I am in desperate need of shut eye. Instead I am deprive of mental stimulation. How rude, right? ;) Lol!
ReplyDeleteStaying up late with a good book is the best! I mean, not if you have to wake up early the next day... but I think it's the mark of a really amazing book if it keeps you up at night.
ReplyDeleteI guess I should start reading Bossypants!!
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