• U de Recife@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    I love reading. I read a lot. And I rarely open a paper book. So perhaps Lauren also has an e-reader, and keeps the books there because she inherited them. Or maybe she likes the smell of old books as it reminds her of her grandparents house where she used to spend her summers. Or it may be that she likes the feel of moving her fingers through all those pages. It brings back old memories of her librarian mother who passed away when she was just a child. Or…

    The point being, why the hate? So here’s a different take. Perhaps Lauren has a good reason to have the books like that.

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        1 year ago

        It’s a Jason isn’t it? He seems happy on the outside. He has a good job, people think he’s lucky having a probably pretty wife and the dinner parties are great in a home that’s so neutral no-one can dislike the decor.

        But he’s thinking of ending it. It’s just that every time he is about to have enough free time to drown himself or something he gets a text from Lauren that needs answering immediately.

        She wouldn’t like the mess anyway, he ponders, it wouldn’t be very neutral.

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      1 year ago

      You’re not stupid.

      I think they mean with the spine facing the wall instead of outwards.