Lisa and Dave's Herd

I truly lose myself when I read books. My surroundings and time all seem to fade away until they are mere ambient senses. Minutes fly by as seconds. I have been reading a book while I have been riding the train into work. I have to pull myself away every so often to make sure that I have not missed my stop. The book that I have been reading tends to invite me to visualize some concepts or experiments. Once in a while I will look up to do these mental experiments and the faces and number of people on the train will have completely changed since I had sat down. I am also a very slow reader. I am not sure if that is because or adds to my getting engrossed in the book. I can set a book down for days or weeks and by reading the last sentence be able to pick right back up where I left off.