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By: Chicken Yoghurt » Blog Archive » Jane Garvey: Harbinger of the Dark Ages

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:14:30 +0000

[...] Robert Sharp’s right and we only get time to digest 624 books before we die, why not try a little chateaubriand between the burgers? Try Radio 4 between 6.30 and [...]

By: Clarice

Clarice — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:17:32 +0000

As long as you don’t get a thrombosis from all that sitting around and reading, Grannie Rose! You’ll have to make sure you stay mobile as well. Oooh, speaking of which, have you heard about the new eye implants being developed that allow you to project a version of windows onto your retina?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:44:00 +0000

No - Lady C and Jaws!!!!!!!!!

By: Grannie Rose

Grannie Rose — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:22:52 +0000

Thanks for reminding me of that piece. I like what Mark said about all the unread material “a collection of promises to the self that one day there will be nothing more pressing to do than go back and make amends” Exactly.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:40:14 +0000

Just imagine! Of course reading all the unread hoarded Sunday supplements will take up some time. Is there anyone else out there who can’t throw away unread Sunday supplements?

I wrote about this briefly last year:
http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/15/hoarding-magazines/

By: Grannie Rose

Grannie Rose — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:06:42 +0000

In reply to Kathy can I guess? Lady Chatterly’s Lover and an Agatha Christie, not sure but could be Murder on the Orent Express? Or maybe the one about Bagdad, can’t remember the exact title. Perhaps I could be accused of insider information.

By: Grannie Rose

Grannie Rose — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:03:20 +0000

This is one of those pieces that challenges dearly held delusional beliefs. But the human brain is very resouceful or rather delusions can be very strongly held. In the face of this irrefutable logic I still think I will have time to read the major masterpieces and still fritter away time on any novel which happens to catch my fancy. Clarice is right to say you need to include all the books you have already read and certainly I know that my teens and twenties were a time when I read most prolifically. My main worry is that my eyesight will hold out as i expect to increase my book consumption when I am fully retired, may even be able to spend whole days reading. Just imagine! Of course reading all the unread hoarded Sunday supplements will take up some time. Is there anyone else out there who can’t throw away unread Sunday supplements?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:34:05 +0000

Someone I know has only read two novels in their entire life - so don’t worry too much Rob - he was happy on many novels even if he was less imaginative than he could have been. Can anyone guess what they may have been?

Also I am shamed to say that in my youth - well 11-13 I started reading Mills and Boon borrowed from my bed-ridden Grandmother’s bedside - do they count???????

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:27:58 +0000

624? Way to bum me out, Rob. As if I didn’t regret enough all those James Herberts I read as a kid.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:00:40 +0000

I’m very surprised that “Pheidippidian Commuter” is a Googlewhack. I should have thought there would be hundreds of stories of commuters keeling over and dying after a 26 mile journey on an Arriva service.