I am so impressed with you all. I look at the long lists of books you're reading and feel ashamed! There have been three periods in my life when I've read more than any other:

1. Ages 5-18 (I think I will never again read the same number of pages I read in this period of my life...I was crazed and addicted...maybe retirement?)

2. Ages 24-26/Grad school (I had assigned reading for class and I also just read constantly for inspiration)

3. 2014-15 (Enough with the ages): I lived in Rome for a year, and had nothing to do but read and write, and it was heaven

Now I find I'm busier than ever with writing, teaching, and parenting. For about six months after my daughter was born, I think I read three books. Maybe. Now I've decided to more actively build reading back into my life.

I do this in two ways:

1. Audiobooks while driving! Why didn't I do this before? (With some NPR time thrown in there too.)

2. I read while feeding my daughter.

3. I used to be very guilty of lingering on my phone as I was falling asleep in bed, or if I woke up overnight. To combat this, I've downloaded some e-books right onto my phone--sacrilege, I know--and have made the rule for myself that if I'm on my phone in bed, I have to be reading a book.

These three things have let me make more headway in the last month than I have for a while.

I've just finished Brit Bennett's The Mothers, Rivka Galchen's Little Labors, and George Hodgman's Bettyville--all HIGHLY recommended.

How do you build reading into your day? When and where do you read?