{"id":143,"date":"2002-12-22T15:24:37-05:00","date_gmt":"2002-12-22T23:24:37+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/wordpress\/?p=143"},"modified":"2002-12-22T15:24:37-05:00","modified_gmt":"2002-12-22T23:24:37+00:00","slug":"aliterate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2002\/12\/22\/aliterate\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliterate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw Rebecca Blood’s comment on reading<\/a> and didn’t think much of<\/span> about it–I read what I enjoy, and it so happens that some of what I read could be considered should<\/cite>-read material. But then I read the Globe and Mail article<\/a> she referenced and realized that it’s true: I have become aliterate<\/a>. I have that stack of books by my bed (and on my bookshelf, and on my coffee table) that I’ve been meaning to read<\/cite>, some for a couple of years, and it just keeps getting taller; like my writer friend, it’s a rare occasion when I don’t walk out of a bookstore with at least one volume. I’m reading her pre-publication novel right now which is quite good, but the 300-odd pages have languished by my bed for a week and a half now–not without a second thought, because I’ve wanted to pick it up a couple of times and I’ve promised the author feedback, but I wind up getting distracted or putting it off or not having the time or using any and all of the other excuses in the article.<\/p>\n\n

It doesn’t help that my brother, who’s finished the last exam of his undergrad university career and is riding the train towards home as I type, messaged me yesterday about Life of Pi<\/cite><\/a>. I told him I had it on my shelf and would lend it to him, but realized later that I had no idea what he was talking about–I was going to give him The Joy of π<\/cite><\/a> (which is interesting, but hardly the same).<\/p>\n\n

This disturbs me more than I can express. What am I doing right now? Writing about not reading, instead of picking up a book and doing something about it.<\/p>\n\n

If I don’t show up here for a while, it’s partially because I’m home for Christmas and New Year’s, but with any luck, it will also be because I’m hip-deep in a pile of books that I’ve finally gotten to.<\/p><\/div>

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