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6/23/2003

For you special today...things to read instead of weblogs when everyone is on hiatus for some reason or another...

Marissa's Fantabulous Summer Reading List:

Anthropology-Dan Rhoades (hard to hunt down since it's out of print...the library's a good bet)
Ten Little Indians, The Bussiness of Fancydancing, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, The Toughest Inidian in the World- Sherman Alexie (yes, I'm in an Alexie phase at the moment)
Still Life with Woodpecker- Tom Robbins (a new phase on the horizon...hmmmm perhaps)
Crumbtown, Bringing out the Dead- Joe Connely
The Afterword-Mike Bryan
Box Office Poison-Alex Robinson
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales- ed. Michal Chabon

That's all I've read so far this summer but rest assured there will be more, what with the 6 hour break between classes and a library within walking distance. Which brings me to another point, is it just me or do others feel guilty about checking out books from the library too? I feel as if I'm shorting the authors, cheating them out of well earned profits. I feel, since the book isn't actually my own, that my appreciation or love for the work isn't genuine. Reading a library book is like a literary one night stand. Immediate gratification that's shallow and empty without the long term love and commitment.
The guilt has already driven me to buy two books after I had already read the library versions, and if it weren't for my seaonal lack of funds, I would've bought them all. Visiting Borders is excruciating...it's a lost cause...there's no way I could ever have the money to liberate them all!

posted at 4:51 PM

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6/23/2003

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