Currently babysitting

I have found one book that isn’t a children’s book. How can I know what kind of person you are if I can’t see your books?! I’m hoping there’s a room full of them that I haven’t been in.

One of my good friends from Uni managed to not only graduate, but graduated with an excellent grade despite having finished reading one book throughout the entire course, and he only finished reading said book because he was frightened of the professor. I don’t know how he did it (or why he chose an English degree when he has such a hatred for books), but I’ve been trying to get him to read for pleasure for years. Today, during one of my sessions which always begin “I really think you’d enjoy this book…” he expressed a desire to read One Day by David Nicholls. Naturally, I sent him off with my copy. If he finishes reading and enjoys this book, he doesn’t know what’s coming, because I’ll basically be buying him all of the books. Every single one.

I finally feel like I’ve achieved something!

Sign of a good book: when you are forced to look up from the novel that you are reading and it takes you a few seconds to actually leave the world of the book. The Games have just begun.

I’m going to Prague tomorrow until Tuesday and am only taking hand luggage. For a split second I considered sacrificing the book I packed to make everything fit. Then I removed an item of clothing instead. No regrets.