Big Blue Tree Library: Moll Flanders

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe

I finished reading Moll Flanders a few evenings ago. Well. I sort of read it. I found myself continuously skimming pages and not really taking things in. The main thread throughout the book was her financial situation and her appearance. I could not make myself care about her. And I kept wondering...what about her children? Where did she leave her children?

Perhaps I just was not in the right mood to read it. It is now on my 'to revisit' shelf.

About Me

I am an avid reader and always have been, as far back as I can remember. Growing up I would devour a book, sometimes two, a day. This sorely tried the patience of my mother who would be wanting me to finish one chore or another; and my father, who, having waited to get into the lone bathroom for long minutes, sometimes close to an hour, would see me sauntering out with a book in hand.

Grown up now, where grown up means I have the responsibilities of a career and mortgage, I no longer have those endless hours free for reading enjoyment. Nevertheless, I still manage to get in about an hour per day. Usually right before I fall asleep, stealing that hour when I probably should already be sleeping to rejuvenate myself for that career that will help kill the mortgage. A defensible theft as reading rejuvenates beautifully.