silver

I knowww I love going into them and poking about but I rarely buy anything. For one, it would be really expensive. I used to read over a hundred books a year. Even at like, $5, that's a lot! And most books are not priced at $5 at bookstores.

LOL that's a lot of reading to be assigned at school. Assigning books just starts everyone on a "I hate this book" foot, even people who like reading. I'm OK so far - I'm about 1/3rd of the way through, and it's not really grabbing me much. I find Dickens kinda hard to follow in terms of who he is referring to - like his conversations start losing me (who is saying this to who?) He tends to go off on expository descriptions without actually specifying, or maybe I should stop reading during lunch break where I'm liable to get interrupted every few minutes. I dunno. I have an overall feeling of the sensation of poverty - the grinding, bitter cold kind, which I think is valuable. And I am quite grateful for paved roads and well-sprung cars. Having to whip horses up hills, getting stuck in the mud, poorly sprung carriages, journeys taking days, highwaymen...aghhh.