March 2012
2 posts
“Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.”
– Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (via reading-is-fun)
February 2012
50 posts
Defensive reading.
Definition: jumping into a book, when the world becomes too much to handle.
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
Friend: But don't you already have that book?
Me: But not with this cover...
Me: ...or this edition....
Me: ...or these annotations...or...
Me: What was your question again?
