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Libraries, libraries everywhere/ Nor any book to read
I dream of a day where I will read books. Books that are not textbooks. Books that are in no way related to Information Architecture or Marketing or Reference Librarianship. Books that involve made-up characters, doing things like getting murdered. No one ever gets murdered in my InfoArch book and it really burns me up!
I may have a brief chance to read such a thing ("fiction," I believe they call it, although it's been so long that the name sounds strange to me) during Christmas Break, but then it's another few months of non-fiction until I graduate.
Grownups, will there ever be a day when I can read again? Does Real Life include the joy of reading for fun? If so, sign me up!
srah - Friday, 12 November 2004 - 11:37 AM
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Comments (8)
Daddy - November 12, 2004 - 1:01 PM - ℓ
I am a grownup and I sometimes find time to read books where fictional characters get murdered. There is hope for your future!
Rachel - November 12, 2004 - 1:28 PM - ℓ
Amen, friend! I, too, long for that day!
John - November 12, 2004 - 2:04 PM - ℓ
Since "en-" means "in", is "engrossed" the opposite of "grossed out"?
jday - November 15, 2004 - 2:05 PM - ℓ
I must admit that I (if I qualify as a grownup) find the time to read at least two smut books a week- generally more than that. I don't know if that makes me a grownup, or just really pitiful. Jude Devereaux just came out with a new one, and it was crap! I'm so disappointed!
jday - November 16, 2004 - 4:58 PM - ℓ
Amen- anytime I see time travel in the description, I put the book back on the shelf- even a Jude or Nora.
Be creative and make your own opportunities. At work, I have a computer that takes a while to boot up and log onto the network. While it is doing this, I will read a couple of pages of something, thus saving a few precious moments from oblivion.