Dilemma - I'm lazy. Very very lazy. I'm a substitute teacher and when I come home (as most teachers do), I don't want to do anything. But I have this wonderful thing called "free time" at work. Some of these teachers have up to an hour and a half of "prep time" but I really don't need to prep so I have "free time" to do as I please. I can't do anything internet related because it would probably violate some weird usage policy. So, as a soon-to-be English teacher, I like spending my "free time" reading.
In September, I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It's a classic and since I'm into these militaristic/"utopian" books, it was right up my alley. It was a good book and I'd love to be teaching it to a group of students one day!
This month, I finished Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. I'm not usually a science fiction reader, but it was on our bookshelf and since I needed something to read, I put it in my bag. The concept of this book was amazing!! "Aliens" come down to Earth in huge ships, but never show their face for 150 years. They create world peace by the sheer massiveness of their ships hovering over Earth cities. But something's not quite right...why won't the aliens show their face? What do they have planned for Earth?? I'm not going to spoil the rest, but it was excellent!!
Now I'm out of books to read and I have a choice - buy a book or get one from the library. I should be a fan of the library, but the fact that I have to return it by a certain date adversely affects my ability to read the book. I like enjoying a book on my time, not on the library's. Oh, and remember...I'm lazy. Having to go to the library to get a book and again to return it...what a pain. It's probably not worth $10 to buy a book that I may or may not like, only to read it once, and then have it land on my overcrowded bookshelf.
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