What Fiction are you reading this week, March 31, 2024?

[NanaCat]

15. I had no choice about becoming an avid re-reader

I didn't always live near a library or a bookstore. Even when I did, my mum never had a 9-5 job thanks to surgeries not being on that kind of schedule. So she wasn't the best about getting us to a public library on a regular basis. It was rare for us to return books on time, because her schedule was always so jam-packed and hectic. I found constantly dealing with that so embarrassing that I pretty much gave up on going until I was old enough to get around without her.

So I valued my small library at home, and read the books I had over and over. Thankfully, I had quite a few of them and mum was pretty generous about getting more whenever we shopped at the mall. In fact, I'd be bugging her to go to the bookstore until she agreed, even when we were looking for attire for me.

Who else here never had their parents in a panic about finding them at the mall if they lost track of a kid, because, 99% of the time, the kid was at the bookstore? I was that kid.