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Hello, my name is poppy, and I'm an addict - Fëanor's Journal



 
Thursday, February 10, 2005 07:39 PM
Hello, my name is poppy, and I'm an addict
by poppy

I have discussed before my addiction to books. I know that in this addiction I am in good company. However, it has recently gotten ridiculously out of control. I'm finding myself taking books out of the library that I don't even intend to read, I just want them in the house. I am a bit angry at myself as well because I am still underemployed and as such have more than enough time to put a dent in my desired reading list. I have recently gotten through the bulk of my old New York Review of Books; I'm up to the last two, no small feat since I didn't read it at all for nearly three months. The books though... oh those lovely books. I figured that the best solution is to develop some sort of twelve step program to bring my addiction under control. As part of that, I am making my intentions public: I need a reading schedule. I will, by this time next week, have completed* the following:

-the last two issues of NYRB
-Guns, Germs, and Steel
-The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
-Regarding the Pain of Others
-The Fat Girl's Guide to Life
-American Orientalism (this one has been being picked up and put down for over 6 weeks now)
-And, finally, Breakthrough Rapid Reading

With your help I feel we can overcome this addiction together. Or something.


*Note that "completed" to me means I am finished with it, not necessarily that I read it all. Life's too short for bad books and all that.



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