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Dear Reader,
I was a guest on a live radio show the other night. My segment was scheduled at 7:38 p.m. (Pacific Time). I live in Florida, so it was 10:38 my time. Little did they know they were interviewing me while I was sitting in my pajamas. The evening's topic was love and dating.
"So Suzanne, tell us about your love affair with books. And do you remember your first love--the first book that you dated?"
When I was young, my love affair with reading and books was pretty rocky, and so were my dating experiences. I spent a lot of nights alone. A good man may be hard to find, but let me tell you, it can be just as tough to find a really good book. My parents had a long list of rules for dating and reading. The most important: if I started reading a book, I had to finish it. Consequently I was always afraid to commit. And there was that curfew. Lights out by 10 p.m. "Ah, gee, that's just when the fun started--the story was just getting good."
Frequently, well-meaning people would recommend books, bragging up their good qualities, telling me how "nice" they were, but my blind dates were usually a disaster. You can't snuggle up to a book that you aren't really attracted to. My mother wanted me to date the classics, but I wasn't the least bit interested. I wanted to read on the wild side.
When I got older, my job was consuming. Life got busy and I thought there wasn't any time to find that special book. When I wanted to get back in the game, I was overwhelmed. Hardcover, paperbacks, fiction, mystery, true crime, science fiction--where was a girl supposed to begin? Should I date for fun, or should I get serious and head straight for the Business Section?
But then I came up with the idea of the book clubs--kind of like speed dating. You get to sample a book for five minutes, just a little bit every day, and if you decide "he's" not your type--"Sorry Charlie"--hit the delete key and every Monday you're introduced to another possible match.
"Well, our time's up, Suzanne." Wow, where did the time go? A good book, a great date, a fun interview--it's true, they always end too soon.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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