Posted by Racer on September 30, 2004, at 12:28:42
I've been having a lot of trouble reading lately, and it's very, very distressing for me. The other day, in Costco, I picked up a paperback, though, that gave me a new strategy: I opened the cover, sat down -- and had great difficulty getting up again until the book was finished! Wheeha! I can read -- as long as it's not 'good for me'!!! So, I did it again.
The specific potato chips in this case, since my local Costco no longer stocks Ruffles BBQ flavor (my cat's favorite), is Patricia Cornwell. First I read "Blow Fly", now I'm reading "Unnatural Exposure" -- which I think is a better book all the way around. It also has a story line that I really, really like -- involving bioterrorism.
Now, don't get me wrong. These have all the nutritional value of a can of Pringles. They're not great books, and Blow Fly isn't even all that well written. But they're still page turners, in their own way. For those of you who, like me, have been having trouble concentrating well enough to read, they may be a reasonable facsimile to books. In fact, maybe we can compare them to something like Ensure for people who can't really eat?
Hope that helps someone. They've certainly helped me. (And, bless my husband, I've got more relief on the way: my husband *finally* got around to subscribing to New Scientist magazine for me! Yippee!! I can *always* read that!)
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