Staying as far away as I can from the political discussions, I guess I must
rally from my sick state of several weeks and come clean here.
Hello. My name is Ashara, and I am a Bookaholic.
There. Oh, I feel better already!!!! {deep breath} Thank you Mary!! I've
been holding that in for years! According to Mary's criteria, I have the
disease, and I have it bad. I can't pass a bookstore without going in and
spending a loooooong time there, I do think constantly about books, I get
into the stories big time, like crying hysterically at the end of books such
as Bridges of Madison County and The Horse Whisperer, while everyone around
me is tiptoeing, and whispering to each other how I have probably "lost it
for good" this time!! But the worst part of this affliction, the absolute
worst is the REALLY guilty crime of "buying books faster than you can read
them, but continuing to buy them anyway." I have always done this. I see a
book that I absolutely "must" read, and wait and wait for my crazy life to
slow down so I can read them. I have so many books waiting to be read!!
There is one affliction Mary, that you forgot to mention, however. Whenever I
go on vacation, I know I will have time to read!!! So I bring many more books
than I could possibly read in the amount of time I am gone. I take *hours*
deciding which books will go with me......"I might be in the mood to learn
about this, or I might want something light, I might want something funny, I
might want to get into a juicy novel...." Then when I have *finally*
narrowed it down to 5 or 6 books, they get packed first and I spend about 10
minutes packing clothes. Please tell me someone else can relate to this??
Finally coming clean with my addiction, with hugs,
Ashara
