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books

so today i went to the bookstore, and as per usual, spent above an hour there. it just happens, no matter how much i try to limit my time. though lets be honest, i had no deadline today. :)
anyway, i bought more books today, to go along with the, let me count, 20 or so books i have on my shelves here to read. this is not counting the books back in california because lets be honest, there is no way i will be reading those any time soon, so they kinda dont count. in any case, i did realize something today as i perused the stacks. the books that i enjoy, and tend to buy, are either romance novels or something to do with history or real world issues. i am not really a fan of straight fiction. this is because i live for happy endings. there is not very much in real life that can guarantee you happiness, therefore romance novels are a way to escape and have that promised happily ever after delivered. in other words, if i am going to spend my time and money on fiction, i want to know i will be happy with the outcome. most fiction books have really interesting stories, but there always seems to be some sort of lesson or "a-ha" moment where the main character loses out in the end. im not saying this is a bad thing, just that i dont really care for it in most of my reading. every now and then it is fine, and i do have a couple of those books on my shelf, but like i said before, i want to either learn something, or escape as far away as possible from reality, and my history books and romance novels allow me to do that.

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