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What Book Am I Reading Right Now?

Today’s prompt asks, “What book are you reading right now?”

Well… none. I don’t read books — I write them. I’ve never been the kind of guy who sits still long enough to get absorbed in a story. My mind is always moving, and my hands like to stay busy. If I sit too long, I feel like I’m wasting time I could be using to fix something, build something, write something, or get something done.

And to be honest, reading was never easy for me growing up. I had dyslexia as a child — back when nobody talked about it and nobody understood it. All I knew was that reading felt like pushing a heavy boulder uphill while everyone else walked around it. So for me to actually finish a book, it had to be really interesting — something that grabbed me enough to make the struggle worth it.

That’s why the list of books I’ve read cover to cover is small, but memorable. The Godfather. Huckleberry Finn. How to Win Friends and Influence People. The Power of Positive Thinking. See You at the Top. Those weren’t books I casually picked up. Those were books that hit me at the right moment and kept my attention because the content mattered to me.

But books on tape and CDs? Whole different world. I made up for everything I didn’t read by listening. I’ve listened to The Complete Bible at least fifteen or twenty times. Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing” series — Killing Kennedy, Killing Lincoln, Killing Patton, all of them. Mafia history like Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss and Uncle Al Capone. That’s how I take things in — through my ears while my hands are doing something.

Meanwhile, Marmee can sit down with a book for hours and disappear into a story. I admire that about her. She reads the traditional way. I read through life. Through doing. Through experience. Through listening while I work, drive, or fix something.

My stories don’t come from reading books — they come from living a full life. From decades of working, raising kids, being a husband, running businesses, digging through barns, flipping properties, selling antiques, and now writing every morning before the sun even thinks about rising.

So when someone asks, “What book are you reading right now?”

The truth is simple: none.
The books have to be incredibly interesting for me to read.
And these days, I’m not reading books — I’m writing them. And living them.