Not fooling anyone
For the first time in years, I have no library books out on loan. Not one. On three successive visits, I’ve returned my books and walked out the front door without picking up something new to read.
This strenuous effort is so I can tackle the great pile of non-library books still awaiting reading. They were Christmas presents. Birthday presents. Job-leaving presents. A birthday present from 2007, come to that.
But I’m not proud of achieving the goal I set myself. While part of my mind dedicated itself to virtue, another part has sneakily, surreptitiously opened a blank TextEdit file, titled it ‘To read’, and added more books.
I’m not even fooling myself.
