An Answer for Lee Ann
In this week’s edition of ninetyandnine.com, columnist Lee Ann Alexander asks an odd question for a book reviewer: “Does anyone read anymore?”
I can relate to the exhaustingly busy Lee Ann; it seems as if my days of reading are part of the nostalgia of my past. Between being a full-time mom, full-time employee and full-time student, reading for pleasure is about as big a luxury as getting a pedicure and manicure – and I don’t have time for that either!
Of course, right after I wrote that last sentence, I tore open (with my skuzzy, unmanicured fingernails) yet another package from my favorite store, www.amazon.com. I may not have time to read, but that doesn’t keep me from stocking my library anyway! I consider it an investment for the future that never seems to come.
I seem to have gone from being one who reads to one who is read, and I’m not so sure that’s a good thing. I’d like to impart at least a small portion of wisdom to you, but since it’s been awhile since I’ve read anything particularly wise (other than Kent’s e-mails, that is) it seems I’m drawing from a well that is rapidly running dry. (Please, please, puh-leeze refrain from shouting a hearty ‘amen’!)
A Fiction Withdrawal
However . . . my dad just informs me that he’s checked out the latest Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child novel, Brimstone. Ever since The Relic, we haven’t missed one book from this dynamic duo. In fact, we fight over them even worse than we do the Reader’s Digest (which he always finds first and hides in his room and then forgets where he hides it). So, maybe I’ll just do what I used to do as a teenager in situations like this: wait until he’s asleep, swipe it from his nightstand, and stay up all night reading by flashlight.
So there’s your answer, Lee Ann. If there aren’t enough hours in the day, drink a lotta caffeine and stay up all night! Sure it reeks of desperation, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do, you know?
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