A satirical article about "Facebragging." My conclusion from reading is that the realization I'm not on Facebook anymore is because I'm not spiritual enough.
Enjoy :-)
http://www.larknews.com/archives/4291
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Silas... Have we met before?
I’m usually good at remembering where, when, and in what mental state I read books. Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith -found in my sister’s closet in the white mobile home in Oklahoma, circa 1999. Read it 12 times. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - read the same year, got kicked out of the house because I was told I “needed to be outside,” hence I read a good part of it outside while petting my favorite cat. Read it again in 8th grade for class, and again when I was 15. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien - read in 2003 at the recommendation of a friend, and I remember staring at it in the Tomball library feeling slightly intimidated. Those were big, heavy books. Harry Potter - read in the summer of 2009 as my “binge books” before school started again.
I decided to read Silas Marner for my May book of the month. After the first chapter, I was convinced I had read it before. The problem is that I don’t remember reading it. Ever. No recollection of sneaking away to a closet to read, or seeing it at the library and picking it up, or accidentally buying it at a bookstore. When I saw the George Elliot collection at my library on Saturday, I thought: “I’ve never read any of her books, I should give one a try.” But I have, I just don’t remember when. Or where. Or why.
In An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis (read on the back porch of the girls’ dorm at Summit Semester in 2007), Lewis remarks about irritating women who will read half a book trying to remember if they had read it before, and deciding they had, will put it down. If it takes you that long to remember, you probably need to read it again. I remember Silas Marner clearly now, but in memory of Lewis’ rant I’ll finish it. However, it still nags me… when did I read this before?
Perhaps I’m getting old.
I decided to read Silas Marner for my May book of the month. After the first chapter, I was convinced I had read it before. The problem is that I don’t remember reading it. Ever. No recollection of sneaking away to a closet to read, or seeing it at the library and picking it up, or accidentally buying it at a bookstore. When I saw the George Elliot collection at my library on Saturday, I thought: “I’ve never read any of her books, I should give one a try.” But I have, I just don’t remember when. Or where. Or why.
In An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis (read on the back porch of the girls’ dorm at Summit Semester in 2007), Lewis remarks about irritating women who will read half a book trying to remember if they had read it before, and deciding they had, will put it down. If it takes you that long to remember, you probably need to read it again. I remember Silas Marner clearly now, but in memory of Lewis’ rant I’ll finish it. However, it still nags me… when did I read this before?
Perhaps I’m getting old.
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