booked out

Sometimes I get booked out. This means that I just cannot for the life of me find a book that I find interesting enough to finish. I have started 3 books this week and have not finished any of them because I find them banal or just plain stupid. Then Vicki got me all excited thinking that the new Vampire was out and I sent Justin to Wal Mart to get it for me and he said that it doesn't come out for 3 more days. So there goes that. I rarely get into one of these funks, but when I do, it tends to last quite a while. It can sometimes last weeks and even months. I get into such a depression that I just quit even trying to find something that will hold my interest and don't read. I know that for those of you who know me, this may sound like a joke or a dirty and terrible lie. I know a lot of you, my dear and faithful readers, count on me for great book ideas. Some of you have gone so far as to call me in the middle of the day, long distance, just for a book recommendation! But I assure you, this is no joke. I am in a book funk. I may never read for pleasure again. I may be destined to read only recipes and the backs of cereal boxes. Maybe the occasional Dr Seuss and children's book for the kids, but I may never again be able to enjoy reading a novel for my own gratification. I may never be able to open the pages of a book and get so engrossed that I completely ignore my home and family and not come up for air... I may never experience the joy of existing only on oreos and potato chips and peeing in bottles so I don't have to get up from the comfortable spot on the couch where my dream world cannot be crushed by the menacing sounds of children laughing, and screaming... Has this ever happened to you, dear friends? I need a book... I need a great story. Something unpredictable and suspenseful and delicious that I can escape into that will hold my attention for hours at a time. I need a good book like a hero, it has gotta be strong, it has gotta be tough, it has gotta be up for the fight. What will I do without this great book? I will become a computer/tv/magazine junkie. Who wants that? Who wants that, I ask you? I know I don't I am sure you don't either. It is time for me to take back my life. It is time for me to find my book. A book that will change me, transform me, and generally get me out of this depression. I will do it. If I have to go to the ends of the earth. I will find that book. As you as my witnesses, I WILL find a book to read!!!