Nooooo, silly, not my post. I mean folks who don't read—in general. I have always (for as long as I can remember) been a reader. My mother was a reader, had a book close at hand whenever I saw her (until her vision went to pot and she got too crazy cheap to correct it--now she reads online so she can tweak the font size). My dad was a reader—though typically almanacs and the likes—ask him something, anything, trivial he knows the answers. I had a library card from the age six on, but I know folks who don't read. It boggles the mind.

Luckily, my kids read. Every last one of them. Now their tastes are as varied as their looks--you'll have to trust me on this, they all look nothing alike, but 3 look like the dh and one like me... Anyhoo, I digress... I have run across people who just don't read. Their excuses range from "nothing interests me" to "I don't have time". The time issue, I can almost buy--but I make time. The nothing interests, c'mon, with the bajillion books out there, there's bound to be something you fancy! Worse, I have heard I live my life, I don't need to read about others--could you get more pompous? (those folks, I shrug and/or click my tongue, what can you say to that?!?)

I am usually at a loss when I come across a non-reader. I will try loaning ('cause as a book-hoarder I gotta have it back) any of my non-keepershelf books. I will suggest any number of authors or places they can look to find what interests them.

But still they balk.

It seems so... I don't know dull not t0 read. I like the escape. I like loosing myself in another time/place/world. It really makes me a better me. When I am not reading (like the last few months) it takes a toll on me. I feel sluggish and something is just off--don't know how else to describe it.

Have you run across this non-reading bread? Do you try to convert them (and did it work?) or do you just let it go? And slightly on, but slightly off topic, have you found a new author recently you adore and/or are surprised by? I am always looking for something to read :-)