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pen_gruntI'm a reader.
I always have been. Books are an escape. My mother used to limit the number of books I could check out from the library by the number I could carry. My little arms could carry as many as 15. Sure, you couldn't see my face, but I was going to get as many as I could, dammit.
So I've read a lot of books. And yet, I haven't read many at all.
Because that's the great and terrible beauty about books--there are so MANY. I alternate between wild excitement at the number of books left to read and wild terror at the idea that I will not--even if I made it my unbathing-nongrooming job to do so--ever read all the books there are to read.
I won't even be able to read all the truly good books out there.
That being said, I know my LJ friends are a bookish sort. I want more of those truly good books. I don't want to skip any. I asked this on Facebook with mixed results. I'll ask again here:
I need reading direction. Which novel(s) have had the deepest impact, most personal meaning or have offered the richest reading experience for you?
I always have been. Books are an escape. My mother used to limit the number of books I could check out from the library by the number I could carry. My little arms could carry as many as 15. Sure, you couldn't see my face, but I was going to get as many as I could, dammit.
So I've read a lot of books. And yet, I haven't read many at all.
Because that's the great and terrible beauty about books--there are so MANY. I alternate between wild excitement at the number of books left to read and wild terror at the idea that I will not--even if I made it my unbathing-nongrooming job to do so--ever read all the books there are to read.
I won't even be able to read all the truly good books out there.
That being said, I know my LJ friends are a bookish sort. I want more of those truly good books. I don't want to skip any. I asked this on Facebook with mixed results. I'll ask again here:
I need reading direction. Which novel(s) have had the deepest impact, most personal meaning or have offered the richest reading experience for you?
