Taking others leavings is rarely considered appropriate behaviour. But like my compulsive penchant for breaking the pocket-clip wings of cheap and easy pens, it’s a developing trend that has bloomed since my early noughties. My steal of the moment is books that are found, borrowed, stolen, or blue it doesn’t matter, all I know, is that I really like it.
My latest find, during my mild-mannered janitor routine, is the novel; “Being There” a tale of political garden naivety gone mad. It belonged to no one (that I know of) and so it came to be mine. People do it as a hobby, which I think makes it ok. They leave each other books on the Subway, bus, or train and swap, then read, without ever knowing the other person their locked in with for a stealing, reading tryst.
(I'm curious to know if anyone else engages in this kind of Guerilla reading, or wishes to attempt it, or if they do the pen thing?)
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