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title: Reading and I
date: 2008-12-05
tags: ["General"]
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Most of you know that I read a lot.  I have a hard time explaining sometimes why I read so much, nor why I get a certain pleasure in just amassing books.  I have approximately 780 books in my house; I say approximately not because I guessed, but because I may have missed a few while counting.  I won't say I have read them all, but I have probably read at least 90% of them.  Suffice to say, I like reading.

> When I have headache, I read and the headache goes away. When I'm pissed at the world, I find a book and a dark cave and chill in a pleasant elsewhere. Forget about the knowledge and ideas passed along via the written word, reading a book brings a calm to my crazy NADD-driven world.

That is from a blog I read, [Rands in Repose](http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2008/12/05/a_pleasant_elsewhere.html) from a guy who is a software manager.  But that is irrelevant to this discussion.  He sums up how I feel about books quite well.

As vices or habits or neurosis go, collecting books is one I can be proud of.  I hope I never stop.  What am I reading now?  [The Player of Games](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0316005401assoc=gothmogstolkiena) by Ian M. Banks. Before that? [The Last Theorem](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0345470214assoc=gothmogstolkiena) by Aurthur C. Clarke and Frederick Pohl.  What's next?  I can't wait to find out.