Jenna Blum Quotes

I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.

I read everywhere. I read every day. I read on the couch with my dog in the afternoon and at night. I try to read at least two to three hours a day. I read only fiction.

I have kept a reading diary since I was 18. I am jealous of my friend who has kept hers since she was ten.

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.

I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.

I am a very nerdy reader in that I am as disciplined about my reading as I am about my writing.

I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose.

To take an hour or two per day while the kids are in school to read really isn't that tough to do once you get into the routine of it.

I always have at least one book with me. I try and read a book a month.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.

If the parents are too busy to read, it's a safe bet the children will feel the same way. Set aside time for family reading each night. It doesn't matter so much what the kids read, as long as you provide them space for reading and a sense that it is a valuable part of your daily routine.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or three years to finish one of my enormous books, and I can't go that long without reading.

I spend 12 hours a day reading on most days of the year.

My mom was really of the belief that, as long as you were reading anything, it was okay. Just read.

Childhood reading is so important.

I don't really read books. Wish I did.

I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

I spend a lot of time reading.

I hate reading. But I'm trying to force myself because studies have shown that it's literally the only way to matter-of-factly boost your IQ.

When something comes to my mind, I finish a book within 15-20 days.

There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.

I read my Eyes out, and cant read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees We have to read.