Do you ever "neglect" the real world while reading?

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Re: Do you ever "neglect" the real world while reading?

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All the time! I sometimes put off eating and sleeping if I'm really interested in what I'm reading.
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Wow! there's a new best seller diet book somewhere in that sentence... :) ..
depending on my mood, it's either a " munchies moment " or utter starvation...........
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Oh yes if it's a good book the chores may just have to wait
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I have a toddler, 6 month old and a dog and a load of house work but I usually reserve my down time when the girls are sleeping and I have done some house work for reading or when I clock out of mommy duty when my girls are down for the night I will get lost in a great book. Otherwise I would never remember what I was reading. Lol. :D
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I do it most of the time. I can't help it. If I get into a book, I can't stop reading it. I even find it difficult to put down to go to sleep.
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I definitely neglect the outside world if I'm reading something good-don't answer the phone, don't sleep, don't do laundry, only eat when it becomes clear it's necessary. It gets a little out of hand lol
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Oh yes, definitely. I find myself sucked into the story and when that happens... the real world does not exist..
Haha so I have to do my best not to read when I really have something important to do.
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Of course. Especially when a book I've been dying to read comes out and if something absolutely has to be done, I grab the audio of it.
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If someone talks to me while I'm reading, I sort of automatically respond, so they think that I've heard them, but an hour later when they ask me about it I have no recollection of the conversation because I was reading.
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oh yes i do. I feel so guilty because i know my kids need my attention. They don't like to read, so i selfishly place them in front of the television so i can read. I know, I'm a horrible mother.
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I am horrible about this. I really have to watch myself. I have small children, and if I am reading a "gotcha" book as you call it, it can take me away from them mentally even if I am there physically. Or I succumb (sp?) to the temptation to stay up late reading the book, when I should be sleeping for the sake of my functioning the next morning.

Several weeks ago, I discovered Another Kingdom by, I think, Paul Kearney. It is set on a farm in 1960s Ireland AND in a mythical realm that you can access through portals such as fairy rings. This is exactly my kind of thing, and it's VERY well-written to boot. I actually had to take it back to the library without finishing it so that I could function optimally. (I am a Christian, and in addition to making me neglect my other duties, I was neglecting prayer and my spiritual life was suffering.) I keep telling myself I can check it out again, but the time never seems to be right. Maybe when I know I will have a day off or a travel day.
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Heeheehee I just did this today, I had to move my car from the driveway. Then I saw a book I had just gotten this afternoon from the used shelves at the library. I started it in the library so was already absorbed in it. I just had to read a few more pages...
half an hour later I walk back in the house and my kid asks what I was doing out there...the dogs were probably throwing themselves at the front window to get to Mommy...just half an hour of quiet with a good read... :mrgreen:
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everyday.....
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When a book is particularly very fascinating that it is very easy to leave the real world behind and be completely engrossed with a fictional world. It has happened to me too many times lately and I don't feel right neglecting the real world because I have responsibilities.
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Post by stoppoppingtheP »

yup. dishes pile up. bed stays unmade.

If the book is so good I walk around reading it even when I'm making my breakfast. as if I couldn't miss the next word :)

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