*depressed sigh*

[conuly]

I really feel bad. And this is embarassing, because I'm going to sound arrogant.

How on earth can people feel proud of only reading a book a week, or less, even? I can read a book just going to class, and another coming home. It's a sad week when I don't manage to read even one book. High school, I would take out six books from the library at once, return all six within two days. That's not counting the books they gave me, and the ones I read while in the library during lunch. Is it normal to read so little? Is it that people read slowly, or that they have other things to do? I don't get it.

I feel weird now. Like the freak here.

Well, I did tell you not to click. Don't blame me.

Comments

[the-turtle-girl.livejournal.com]

I don't read that fast. Wish I did. I would get a lot more done.

[conuly]

*laughs* We all would if we read faster.

[the-turtle-girl.livejournal.com]

Some people don't read though! I just can't imagine that. *shudders*

[conuly]

Oh god. Once, my mom took us to visit a friend who was visiting and staying in her brother's apartment. I completely freaked out when I realized that I was in an apartment with no books. No magazines. NOTHING.

How can you live like that?

Meanwhile, you can't see my floor for the books, we've got boxes of them stacked in three different rooms in the house, and I think they're the only thing still holding the attic together. Growing up, I routinely was sent to bring outgrown books to school. I think I donated a good hundred or more to my intermediate school.

[the-turtle-girl.livejournal.com]

My mother donated all of my books to the Salvation Army when I moved out. I am still mad at her for that. However, I have made up for it. We have so many books in this house it's not even funny. People groan when we tell them we are moving because of all the books.

"you can't see my floor for the books"

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one. I can barely see mine, too.

Slippery book covers don't do good for dyspraxia, so I've found. Or the corners of hardcovers, OW!! Once I managed to get quite a serious injury that way. >_

Re: "you can't see my floor for the books"

[conuly]

Luckily, I know the layout of the books in my room. I don't know how I accomplished that. At any rate, I consider it an improvement from having all my books on my bed, as I did when I was little.