For me the allure of book tallies isn't the numbers game, but the thrill of going back over the list at the end of the year and remembering all the book-friends I've made that I've already half-forgotten. Oh last year was the year I read Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease-- way back in January. I'd almost forgotten. It's similar to looking at the year's family photos and recalling the field trips and vacations and museum outings. I'm such a sucker for book lists lined up neatly by year.
"Goo dreads" is delightful.
For me the allure of book tallies isn't the numbers game, but the thrill of going back over the list at the end of the year and remembering all the book-friends I've made that I've already half-forgotten. Oh last year was the year I read Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease-- way back in January. I'd almost forgotten. It's similar to looking at the year's family photos and recalling the field trips and vacations and museum outings. I'm such a sucker for book lists lined up neatly by year.
I remember you telling the Goo Dreads story before and that’s how I’ve been saying it in my head too.