Sitting, waiting, wishing

Broken book spines...people are very passionate about this subject. One of the worst things you can do to a book, some say. As bad a dog ears, curled covers, or ripped pages. I say who cares. I think those are the Gatsbys of the world who have libraries for display only. Don't get me wrong: I also want a library to show off, and I love the way a wall of books on shelves look, but I love breaking the spines of books and bending the covers back. I can't stand dog ears though--bookmarks are definitely the way to go. I just think that broken and battered books are the coolest. My copy of To Kill A Mockingbird is literally falling apart. I dropped it once and all the pages scattered and I spent the next half hour putting them all back in order. And it's brilliant. I love books that you can lay flat and it stays open to your page. And they only do that when they're so read the spines are "broken" everywhere.

I read for 5 hours today. I've read 14 books since I've been here. 17 is my goal. It's just an arbitrary number.

True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive. -Mignon McLaughlin