We, that being two of the owners and editors of Draumr, buy a lot of books. What's a lot? Let's just say that the local Borders really should be rolling out a red carpet when we visit.<\/p>\n
Anyway. That's not news.<\/p>\n
What I'm here to talk about is what we do with those books.<\/p>\n
I can't speak for Rida, but typically I buy a book, read the book, and put it up on a bookshelf. Occasionally it will be moved around, dusted off, reviewed – occasionally, like if it is part of a series or among the collected works of an author I really like, etc. <\/p>\n
But given the volume of books I consume I seldom take the time to re-read books I've bought.<\/p>\n
Some will ask – why buy them in the first place? The American Library system is perfect for the one-time consumption of stories. Well, nothing against the library, but I haven't actually visited one in years and years. When I was a teenager I was a frequent consumer there, with the notoriously bad habit of returning things late. Or, um, occasionally not at all. (Shame!!) <\/p>\n
I have a strong collector side – not news – and I do hope, with every book acquisition, that it earn a place on the re-read list. Most don't, but occasionally they make it.<\/p>\n
But there are gems…<\/p>\n
Currently I'm finishing up Woken Furies by Richard K Morgan, the third book (and so far, final) book in the Takeshi Kovacs books. A very violent, dark cyberpunk world splashed with a lot of ruminations on the politics of revolution. I've very much enjoyed the series – and for that matter, Morgan's other two books, Market Forces and Thirteen as well. Good stuff, and I'm pleased it's on the re-reading list.<\/p>\n
Of course this means there are 20-odd books that I haven't read even once yet waiting for me, and oh, look, submissions!<\/p>\n
–Robert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We, that being two of the owners and editors of Draumr, buy a lot of books. What's a lot? Let's just say that the local Borders really should be rolling out a red carpet when we visit.<\/p>\n
Anyway. That's not news.<\/p>\n
What I'm here to talk about is what we do with those books.<\/p>\n
I can't speak for Rida, but typically I buy a book,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","has-single-img"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ridaallen.com\/blogged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}