Mar. 14th, 2004
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"She read upon waking, sitting on the toilet, stretching out in the backseat of the car. When she went to the movies she took a book with her, to read before the show began, and it was no unusual to find her standing in front of the microwave, with a book in one hand and a fork in the other, heating a cup of noodle soup while she read, say At Lady Molly's for the third time (she was a sucker for series and linked novels). If there was nothing else she would consume all the magazines and newspapers in the house - reading, to her, was a kind of pyromania - and when these ran out she would reach for insurance brochures, hotel prospectuses and product warranties, advertising circulars, sheets of coupons."
- Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys
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Mar. 14th, 2004 02:38 am![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
"She read upon waking, sitting on the toilet, stretching out in the backseat of the car. When she went to the movies she took a book with her, to read before the show began, and it was no unusual to find her standing in front of the microwave, with a book in one hand and a fork in the other, heating a cup of noodle soup while she read, say At Lady Molly's for the third time (she was a sucker for series and linked novels). If there was nothing else she would consume all the magazines and newspapers in the house - reading, to her, was a kind of pyromania - and when these ran out she would reach for insurance brochures, hotel prospectuses and product warranties, advertising circulars, sheets of coupons."
- Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys