Famdamly Convo: Illegal Contraband

If you read my blog yesterday, you might have noticed that I confessed to reading books my mother forbid behind her back. Mom thought reading teen romance books would ruin my life by turning me into a boy crazed monster that would eventually lead me to teen pregnancy.

Mom reads my blog. 

This is the message I got from Mom this morning after she read yesterday's post:

Mom: Fess up Luna where did you got the illegal contraband!!

Me: (I knew right away what she was talking about) Umm...the library.

Mom: Did you hide them or was I a dork and just didn't notice...I think we changed and said you could read, cuz you and Noelle (our next door neighbor...a pastor's daughter who was allowed to read them) were reading them

Me: I hid them. You caught me once when I was on the college years and you gave me a big speech, which I contemplated, but eventually ignored. By the time you gave the okay I was long done with the books. 

(I remember this VERY well...I was doing laundry in the basement as a guise to be reading and Mom came down unexpectedly. I quickly tried to shove the book under a towel on the top of the drier, but Mom caught me before I could hide it. She asked me to pull out what I was hiding. Not making eye contact, I slowly pulled out the banned book. We stood there, in the laundry room, unmoving, me emotionless, as she gave me a speech about the books and how they would corrupt my mind. I think I only half listened, because I had heard it all before. I didn't understand..I just wanted to know if Christy ended up with Todd! If you follow this blog you can tell that the books really turned me into a boy crazed monster...and if you really follow this blog you know that is the exact opposite of the truth.)

Mom: Yeah and look what it did to you...a hopeless romantic. I Knew it

Me: Ruined my life.

Mom: See I tried to warn you

Mona: Oh gosh

Mom: Us parents are super smart you know

To this day I don't understand the concept of Banned Books. Teach kids to be discerning and not believe everything they read in books or on the internet. Talk about the books and the ideas and concepts, the good and the bad. That's something I learned from Mom, so you don't need to worry about me. At least in that aspect. I do still hide books, but it's only because I buy too many and Mona yells at me. I can't go into a store without buying at least one. One time Mona saw one of my credit card bills and it a whole page with just Barnes and Noble purchases.  

Stupid Goodreads

You remember back when I said I was done reading book reviews?

Well, I've gone and got myself in big trouble...I signed up for Goodreads today.

I'm an idiot! I don't have time for this!

But look at all the pretty books! It wouldn't hurt to just look.

Are you sure? I have a blog to write and work to do and homework to get done.

You won't be on there long...you will just take a little peak. 

But if I look I will want to read all the books!

No, no my dear. You have more self control then that.

You're right I will just sign up look to see what it is and then get back to my work. I AM IN CONTROL.

Yes, you are in control. (hehe)

Five hours later

WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!

Nothing...the answer is nothing. I have done nothing but look at books and book reviews and book giveaways all morning!

I have 83 books in my "Read" bookshelf. And that's without looking very hard.

There are 66 in the "To Read" section. Which could have been way higher if I didn't restrain myself a little bit.

And I am "Currently Reading" 6 books.  This may seem like a high number, but I have reading books all over. I have them upstairs, downstairs, in my car, in my purse, and on my phone. I also have heavy and light reading categories in different spots for options depending on my mood. So six is really a low number...wait, I just remembered that I have Game of Thrones as my heavy reading car book! So change that to 7 books...

And this is me restraining myself.

You need to go back and add Game of Thrones to your reading list.

You could say I might have little bit of a problem.

Your list is incomplete without it!

Shut up, Voice! That wasn't a no! I'm going to do it right now...

Okay, you could say I have a big problem.

(you can follow me on Goodreads at  https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/24729608-luna-lablue)

NO MORE BOOK REVIEWS!

I HAVE TO STOP READING BOOK REVIEWS!!!!

It breaks my little heart to say this...sniff sniff.

I love books. Too much.  I want to read all the books!! Unfortunately, as much as I want to and try to, this is a dauntingly impossible task. It's like trying to read the whole internet (I wish I could do that too, but that's another story).

Book reviews are wonderful temptations. They have pretty pictures of the books and wonderful character descriptions. They give you just enough detail about the plot line, to not give everything away, but leave you wanting more.

I hate it. 

They make me want to read it then and there. To dive into that uncharted story. Find out what they are talking about. I don't want to be left out of the fun, I want to be there! I don't want to wait! I want an Umpa Lumpa NOW!

I have a full-time job, a part-time job, and do school full-time. This does not leave enough time in the day to read all the books I want, when I want and this is very upsetting.

Even if I did nothing all day but read I still would not have enough time left in the day to read all the books on my own book list! And it just keeps growing because of these stupid book reviews!

So again I will say....I HAVE TO STOP READING BOOK REVIEWS!!

End of story. Period. 

(Dear Book Reviewers, I love you. I know our relationship is destructive, but I just can't give you up. I can't really leave leave you, if you know what I mean. We can continue on, but our relationship will have to be on the DL. I don't want my readers getting the wrong idea about me.)