If there’s one thing I miss doing now that I’m a new mom, its reading all day. Truly, reading is a luxury right now especially when I’m with the bebe 24/7. I used to just curl up in bed/couch all day with a good book, and just keep going until I finish it. Good luck naman gawin ito now with the little boss.

I’m currently reading The Hobbit since curiosity got the best of me especially with the movies coming out. I wanted to see if the onscreen adaptation is also good, just like what they did with the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and so far, I’m not disappointed. I started reading it in my phone’s iBooks, but over Christmas, one of the husband’s gifts was:

And it’s illustrated! Yuck parang bata lang. I resolved then and there to read it instead of the ebook copy but between taking care of the baby and work, where do I even find the time to just pick it up and curl with it. Haay. So bottom-line is, balik ebook ang beauty ko – because my phone is always nearby and its easier to handle especially when breastfeeding – which is basically the only time I can also read (talk about multi-tasking). Good thing the ebook version I have is also illustrated. Although these days, the little boss also gets easily distracted and would peer into my phone while nursing – tsismosa lang ang peg. But aside from time and ebook/book handling, who can read with this: