My (JW) parents had well over a thousand books of all kinds in addition to a huge collection of JW books going back to Russell and Rutherfords day, so I was kind of brought up with books (Urghh... just found a tick from the dog on my leg... YUK! Squish...). I actually got in trouble from my teacher in Grade 7 for having too many books at school that I was reading simultaniosly!
I probably had around 100 of my own non-JW books while I was active, it was the choice of spending money on books or food or the rent - on part-time pay it was that kind of choice.
Now it's a matter of whether I'll spend my time satisfying my workoholism, sleeping, watching meaningless but restful drivel on TV or reading one of our, say, 300 books (including my work libary) on science, food/cooking, computers, travel, education, novels, a bit of literature, health, a couple on philosophy/religion and other bits and bobs (a 9yo neighbour said a while ago we had a lot of bibles on the shelf for non-believers!!!)
What am I reading now??? One about military special operations and one about Intellegence (spy type) both quite dry academic style that are very interesting and satisfying but are taking me a long time to get through...
In the toilet I've got the Lonley Planets for Thailand and Europe, a picture book about espionage and a Web Design book (the toilet at my parents home had a wall full of book-lined shelves, ran out of space everywhere else!!!)
On my desk now (ie: the things I'm pretending to myself that I might refer to...) are the Macquarie Dictionary (someone used a word to describe a condition they had that enabled them to apparently have intercourse with themselves, and I was intriuged to know what it ment - the word wasn't there, but the root was...); Crisis of Conscience to see what Ray had to say about Don Adams given the post earlier today - nothing; a book about writing essays that I got down to avoid actually having to write the one that was due five weeks ago; Cisco, Database, Systems Admin, HTML, and Office 2000 books that are there to make me think I actually know somthing about any of those things (given I teach about them...), empty beer bottle, overdue bills, passport and the Laws of AFL Football 2001 edition. (And the pile of newspapers in the lounge room is up to a foot now (Mrs Divergent being away).
So... that's my book thing. I'd guess you're wondering if the R&F are well read - I can't say that I remember many who were.
Cheers, Max
Edited by - Max Divergent on 21 July 2002 10:52:10
Edited by - Max Divergent on 21 July 2002 11:5:43