Yet another person has walked in the door asking for a book they know nothing about.
"Is it fiction or non-fiction?"
"I don't know...."
"You don't know?
"It's for a book club."
So the only reason they are buying the book is because everyone else is buying a book?
You know... that's been bugging me for awhile now.
READING IS NOT A GROUP ACTIVITY!
Nor is reading having some other guy -- an actor usually, giving you all the emphasis and the nuance and the inflections of a story when they read it to you. I want that author's voice for my own. I don't want it filtered by someone else!
READING IS NOT A GROUP ACTIVITY!
O.K. O.K. I'm just kidding. I do actually understand why people listen to books. And I do see why people want to discuss the same book with each other.
So really, I get it.
But it's not for me.
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