I love stories. I
love a good story no matter what form it takes: movie, TV show, graphic novel,
book, short story, anything. My house
shows the evidence of my obsession. As
of today, I have over 2000 titles in my library, over 500 DVDs and VHS
cassettes, including several series. (I
know VHS is seriously old school, but some stuff just isn’t available on
DVD). And about 30 graphic novels/comic
trade paperbacks. And I’ve read them
all. There’s nothing that stays on my
shelves which I don’t go back and re-read at least two or three times.
I can’t imagine a life without books. I’ve gone to people’s houses and seen their
entire collection consists of a dozen volumes or less. When I was younger and more obnoxious, I used
to ask where they were hiding their books.
Because I just couldn’t imagine that they didn’t have them. When I read statistics that say a survey
shows that some Americans haven’t read a single book in the last year, my mouth
gapes open and my instinctive reaction is to say: they must have misunderstood
the question.
I was reading an article about a social networking site
called Goodreads, which is for readers.
Now, I am social networking challenged by any definition of the
term. I’ll be honest and say they
befuddle me. Granted, I haven’t spent a
lot of time trying to figure them out, but it’s not something I grasp
intuitively. However, this one looks
like a good one to try, since it’s dedicated to books. I love books, I love talking about books. This could work. But carving out the time to do it might be
more of a challenge. But I’ll keep it on
my list of things to try.
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