I've heard many stories of a young Jared who loved to read. Jared was reading Roald Dahl before he was in Kindergarten and would later read on his walk to school! Well, this wasn't the Jared I married, so last Christmas I gave him a zombie book and asked him why he didn't read anymore?
I now have a book enthusiast for a husband.
For the past eight weeks Jared and I have been taking part in our library's adult Summer reading program. In order to qualify for a grand prize, we had to read three books that were at least 100 pages long, and for every five books we read we got to pick up a prize at the library (we claimed a flashlight and lots of candy).
Stats:
Lauren - 10 books, 2,269 pages
Jared - 15 books, 5,431 pages
Tonight we gathered at the library for a culminating event to celebrate the many great readers in our community. (We really just went to win a Kindle). I can't list all of the prizes that were given away tonight, but trust me, there were over a hundred.
Jared played it cool (see the pic below) and read while the winners were being announced, but I was biting my nails and frankly, getting depressed. You see, there was a time when I won a lot of contests. But my luck ran out when I got married, don't ask me why.
I finally gave up on myself and thought, "Just let Jared win something!" and voila! Here's Jared with his $5 gift certificate to a cafe we've never heard of. Yay!
This would have been a frowny-faced picture if we went home empty-handed.
Jared had to pick up a few books before we left for home. I hope he doesn't still expect prizes!
This is the best blog update ever. I suspected you were totalling up the pages read... I noticed you didn't point out that during this time, I was also working/studying full-time ;)
ReplyDeleteI also do openly acknowledge that I wouldn't be back into books again if it weren't for you... and the Provo library.