Have you tried reading for Lent?

I used to give things up for letter - candies, but not at weekends 'cause that's when my granddad gave me chocolate; watching a favorite TV show, but not if it was one my brothers would be watching (it wasn't just the temptation to join them; it was not wanting them to know I'd given anything up, because they'd tease me); spending sixpence on treats (hot chocolate) at school, but only if my friends weren't spending their sixpences (same problem)... Then I started doing extra things for Lent -...