When I was younger I used to throw books out of my second story bedroom window. With a flick of the wrist I would toss the book into the air and watch the pages flutter in the wind before hitting the ground with a soft thud.
It was fun, dangling my body halfway out the window just far enough so that the book could catch enough air to miss the flowerbeds. It was fun, seeing how many I could chuck outside before getting caught.
I didn't usually get to throw more than three books out before I was caught, reprimanded and told, "Books are your friends."
I've since stopped throwing books out windows and today I own a lot of books. Like three tall bookshelves worth, plus the books at my parent's house that I never got around to moving.
I am very protective of my books. Even the ones I don't like. I very rarely lend books to people and am always surprised when people lend books to me because I will be the first to keep your book forever and ever, “forgetting” that I had borrowed it, finding it a new home for it on my shelf. I once lent a book to my mother. I figured she was safe, being related by blood and all. As it turns out, she was not. For I never got it back. When I asked for the book she told me I never lent it to her in the first place. Honest engine. The book was "The Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." I think I liked the book.
I keep every book I read from the stupid M&Bs crap that makes me wince when I think that I actually spent my hard earned money on such books, to the loads of weight loss books that I have bought over the years in search of a miracle cure.
I never re-read books. I tried once and liken it to picking food out of your back molars and eating it again. It's already been chewed and enjoyed.
I read of people who only keep the books that mean something to them. Or the books they really enjoyed. Or classics, or something. And after hearing this I pause to take a minute and think, "Wow."
I've been dreaming up some "get rich quick" schemes. Or at the very least, a scheme that will support my Coke habit. Selling some of my stuff, specifically my books seems to be the "easiest." I’ve been mulling it over for about a week. I’ll let you know if I get up the nerve to sell some of my friends. (God, that sounds so cheap.)
It was fun, dangling my body halfway out the window just far enough so that the book could catch enough air to miss the flowerbeds. It was fun, seeing how many I could chuck outside before getting caught.
I didn't usually get to throw more than three books out before I was caught, reprimanded and told, "Books are your friends."
I've since stopped throwing books out windows and today I own a lot of books. Like three tall bookshelves worth, plus the books at my parent's house that I never got around to moving.
I am very protective of my books. Even the ones I don't like. I very rarely lend books to people and am always surprised when people lend books to me because I will be the first to keep your book forever and ever, “forgetting” that I had borrowed it, finding it a new home for it on my shelf. I once lent a book to my mother. I figured she was safe, being related by blood and all. As it turns out, she was not. For I never got it back. When I asked for the book she told me I never lent it to her in the first place. Honest engine. The book was "The Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." I think I liked the book.
I keep every book I read from the stupid M&Bs crap that makes me wince when I think that I actually spent my hard earned money on such books, to the loads of weight loss books that I have bought over the years in search of a miracle cure.
I never re-read books. I tried once and liken it to picking food out of your back molars and eating it again. It's already been chewed and enjoyed.
I read of people who only keep the books that mean something to them. Or the books they really enjoyed. Or classics, or something. And after hearing this I pause to take a minute and think, "Wow."
I've been dreaming up some "get rich quick" schemes. Or at the very least, a scheme that will support my Coke habit. Selling some of my stuff, specifically my books seems to be the "easiest." I’ve been mulling it over for about a week. I’ll let you know if I get up the nerve to sell some of my friends. (God, that sounds so cheap.)
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