Here's an idea I could run with
This (appropriately short) essay on the difficulty of finding the time read the classics from the Christian Science Monitor's Books page made me laugh.
But in all seriousness though, given how many books I read and my advancing years, I might have to start a filing system of this type to just to be able to easily recall what some of the books I read are about without having to read the jacket for reminders.
To wit: I just finished [accidentally, for the second time] reading Tony Hillerman's
Wailing Wind. The 3x5 card summary would go something like this: "Cop finds body in car. Body turns out to be murder victim. Cop makes mistakes at crime scene. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn get involved. Murderer uncovered. Murderer suffers incredible loss through avarice. Jim Chee falls in love with cop"
But in all seriousness though, given how many books I read and my advancing years, I might have to start a filing system of this type to just to be able to easily recall what some of the books I read are about without having to read the jacket for reminders.
To wit: I just finished [accidentally, for the second time] reading Tony Hillerman's
Wailing Wind. The 3x5 card summary would go something like this: "Cop finds body in car. Body turns out to be murder victim. Cop makes mistakes at crime scene. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn get involved. Murderer uncovered. Murderer suffers incredible loss through avarice. Jim Chee falls in love with cop"
I guess the only thing to add to the 3x5 card description would be the Peter Tirrell-inspired phrase: "I didn't suck".
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