At the end of the day, some authors will endure and most, including some very good ones, will not. Why do I think reading is important? It is such an effective medium between mind and mind. We think largely in words. A medium made only of words doesn't impose the barrier of any other medium. It is naked and unprotected communication. That's how you get pregnant. May you always be so.
A few weeks ago, I saw the BBC booklist challenge pop up on a number of feeds on Facebook. As I was going down the list, checking off the books that I had read, I found myself keenly aware of what I hadn't read. When I got about two-thirds of the way down the list, I stopped and closed the window.
I realized that almost every book I had read on that list, I had read more than four years ago.
This summer, I have a number of projects that I would like to complete. I think I'm going to write about them on my blog. My first project is a modest one. I have a huge number of books sitting on my bookshelf that I have purchased during the last four years that I have intended to read.
I am going to read them. Starting tonight.
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