Surfeit of Books?
September 28th 2007 14:29
I think I’ve left behind me the idea that I’ll be working with books again. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. I miss knowing what’s new in the book scene – and you realise just how much ahead of everyone else you are as a result of working in it – but equally now, when I go into a Christian bookshop, I find I don’t enjoy the experience. It’s like I’ve been eating icecream for too long, and can’t face the thought of any more at present.
Too much of any good thing eventually destroys the palate. It’s a great pity, but you become
jaded and weary of the constant ‘newness,’ the latest edition, the newest idea, the most recent concept. I’m not sure that the human body is actually geared towards constant stimulation. Perhaps we can do with less rather than more in any such area.
So I’ll have to just discover new books like most people do: by accident. Okay, I’ll miss out on some things I would have found otherwise, and maybe that’ll matter. Probably not. But hopefully I’ll get back to enjoying books again. At present I find it very hard to pick up a book with a Christian theme without feeling as though I’ve read it all before.
Too much of any good thing eventually destroys the palate. It’s a great pity, but you become
So I’ll have to just discover new books like most people do: by accident. Okay, I’ll miss out on some things I would have found otherwise, and maybe that’ll matter. Probably not. But hopefully I’ll get back to enjoying books again. At present I find it very hard to pick up a book with a Christian theme without feeling as though I’ve read it all before.
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