BADD

I admit it. I am a self-diagnosed sufferer of the disease BADD (Book Attention Deficit Disorder). I like to read and have a hard time turning down what looks to be a good book. However, this frequently leads to having several books going at the same time. Last year, in an effort to help me with this problem, my family bought me a Nook reader. I love having the ability to take my books with me and having the opportunity to read a chapter or two when waiting for something or someone. But I think it my have escalated my problem.
I am now reading five different books. How did I get here? Why do I let myself start one before finishing another? It's because I have BADD. I will begin reading and get to a point where I want to let ideas soak in. Then, before I restart, another book has popped up in front of me. Currently, I am reading Worship from the Tabernacle (every morning), Paul for Everyone- The Prison Letters (for Sunday school weekly), Family Driven Faith (nightly), and Hell's Corner (fun fiction for relaxation). Two days ago I received Radical in the mail. This is a book I am to read and review within the next ninety days for Blogging for Books. I am not able to decide which one I should put down.
The thing about BADD is that while reading one book, I frequently think about another and have a difficult time deciding when to switch. I wonder if there is a medicine that helps you stay focused on one book or theme at a time. I've already tried high doses of caffeine and that doesn't work.
I remember seeing a special on Warren Zevon (just before he died) and he said that he enjoyed buying books, but that really when we by books we are buying the hope that we have time to read them. Maybe I am hoping that I have more time to read. Or maybe I've tried to adjust the adage that in the end "the one with the most toys wins" to "the one who has started the most books wins".
Now if I can finish one or two of them.....

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