tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post289527696869681376..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Unpacking my (academic) libraryD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-40480137785547245412013-05-23T15:38:49.775-04:002013-05-23T15:38:49.775-04:00As an unrepentant bibliophile myself, I also have ...As an unrepentant bibliophile myself, I also have amassed a singular collection of books, some of which remain unread and many of which await rereading. I can rarely bring myself to toss a book (what about you?), so--whatever the book's merits--nearly every book finds a home on the shelves. Of course, bad books are sent to foster homes. How do you handle the rejects?<br /><br />But I worry that I will become like the Burgess Meredith character in the classic Twilight Zone episode. The character hopes to have enough time to do nothing but read. Then the nuclear devastation--from which he escaped by being in his bank's vault--leaves him alone and with all the time in the world. In a horrifying O'Henry twist at the end, the reader breaks his glasses, so he is unable to read anything.<br /><br />So, to hold the "nuclear devastation" at arm's length, I continue to read, hoping I never break my glasses.<br /><br />R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com