Comments on: Reading for Pleasure: Go Do It Now! http://www.jamiethornton.com/2008/04/16/reading-for-pleasure-go-do-it-now/ Writer & Bookworm Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jamie Thornton http://www.jamiethornton.com/2008/04/16/reading-for-pleasure-go-do-it-now/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jamie Thornton Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:46:35 +0000 http://jamiethornton.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-35 Yes, let’s own the condition together! Strength in numbers! Maybe if there’s enough of us flaunting our abibliophobia with pride it will make others feel uncomfortable with their <i>lack</i> of reading material. We could be the start of a worldwide movement, 'one book in the hand of every person at all times….' Or, you know, we could just be book nerds together. A win/win situation? ;) Yes, let’s own the condition together! Strength in numbers! Maybe if there’s enough of us flaunting our abibliophobia with pride it will make others feel uncomfortable with their lack of reading material.

We could be the start of a worldwide movement, ‘one book in the hand of every person at all times….’

Or, you know, we could just be book nerds together.

A win/win situation? ;)

]]> By: Richard Crawford http://www.jamiethornton.com/2008/04/16/reading-for-pleasure-go-do-it-now/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Richard Crawford Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:13:52 +0000 http://jamiethornton.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-34 My family used to make jokes about "Richard's security book". When I was a kid I'd bring books with me everywhere. To family dinners. To restaurants. To movies. To the bathtub (though my one experience trying to read in the shower was a failure -- no, I'm not kidding). To Disneyland. As I grew older, I grew more ashamed of my addiction and stopped bringing books to the dinner table and to family gatherings (though I've been seen picking up books from my parents' bookcase and reading them). But it's nice to know I'm not the only one who suffers from abibliophobia; perhaps now I can own the condition, and flaunt it with pride. My family used to make jokes about “Richard’s security book”. When I was a kid I’d bring books with me everywhere. To family dinners. To restaurants. To movies. To the bathtub (though my one experience trying to read in the shower was a failure — no, I’m not kidding). To Disneyland.

As I grew older, I grew more ashamed of my addiction and stopped bringing books to the dinner table and to family gatherings (though I’ve been seen picking up books from my parents’ bookcase and reading them). But it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who suffers from abibliophobia; perhaps now I can own the condition, and flaunt it with pride.

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