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I miss thoe days, and wish I could get that much pleasure and just read that much, again. Now it is harder for me to read, both because I am busy and don't have summers off, and because it is very hard, because of my early experience with having all the time in the world, to read a book in multiple sittings.
Sophia, this is one thing I'm looking forward to for September, with all three kids in school, for a full day. I used to put away between a book and five a week, depending. I have a terrible time reading books now, because me sitting quietly tells the kids I have free time.
Donald Johannsons book about discovering the skelton of Lucy
I have this one at home! It's great, not just because of his telling about his own discoveries, but because he gives an excellent history of paleoanthropology in the 19th and 20th centuries (up to 1980).
In that book, he talks about the difficulties he had dealing with the Ethiopian bureaucracy, and mentions specifically a fellow digger named Jon Kalb, who really fucked up Johanson's credibility with the Ethiopian government out of petty differences (according to Johanson). A few years ago, I attended BookExpo America and lined up for the usual slew of various book signings. When I saw that one of them was for a book about digging for ancient bones in Africa, I knew I had to get it, but it wasn't until I was nearly at the front of the line before I realized where I knew the author's name from--it was Jon Kalb! The book survived the Pre-Move Book Purge of 2006 because I do still want to read it even though I haven't yet.
I love book junkie weekends. During the school year, I don't have enough time, but I love going to the used bookstore buying a shitload of books, and just laying in bed, reading. I eat in bed, I carry the book with me while I'm nuking something, and then when I'm done, I immediately grab into the bookbag and grab another novel. Read till I can keep my eyes open no more, usually about 6 a.m, sleep like the dead, wake up, make coffee...and dive back in.
I love these weekends, especially in autumn and winter.
And if I have a new series? It's an all-weekend book orgy.
I think if I get an offer for the job I talked to people about today, and it doesn't start until November, I'm gonna leave this job in September and just spend October reading.
(Er, and going to Italy, yay.)
That sounds like it'd land on my #1 Way to Spend October list, Suela.
Excellent plan, Consuela.
It's on of the great things about being unemployed, being able to spend all day reading.
The first book I remember loving reading was Walt Disney's
World of Nature
at age four. Go on, act surprised.
Really, BT? I'm shock---nawww, can't do it with a straight face.
I love book junkie weekends. During the school year, I don't have enough time, but I love going to the used bookstore buying a shitload of books, and just laying in bed, reading. I eat in bed, I carry the book with me while I'm nuking something, and then when I'm done, I immediately grab into the bookbag and grab another novel. Read till I can keep my eyes open no more, usually about 6 a.m, sleep like the dead, wake up, make coffee...and dive back in.
I think Erin is me. Of course, I'm also known to go straight after work to the Barnes and Noble, and sit there reading until they close. On a fairly regular basis. Which is what I did tonight (though only from 6-9pm, not until they closed)
