Out of the many donated books we have received over the past couple weeks, there are a few that I haven't read that look pretty interesting. Unfortunately, I just started a fairly long book, so I won't be able to try the new stuff for a while. What I've done is promote them to friends to take on the test drive so they can let me know whether the books are worth the read. No one took my "suggestions" until my friend, Lelan, agreed to read one for me a few days ago.
Today Lelan dropped by the library while we were empty. "Why did you suggest this book to me?" he asked. "It's not a good one at all."
"I didn't so much recommend it," I said, "I thought I wanted to read it myself, but wanted to hear how someone else liked it. Why is it so bad? What's going on?"
Now Lelan is a former theater teacher, thus his dramatic side comes out with ease. He launched into a fascinating retelling of the story of the odd book, leaving me and my boss enraptured. When he took a break, we asked questions to pull out more details, told with thespian flair. Lelan's bookmark was placed midway between the two covers of the volume., so we didn't get to hear the whole story. Full of anticipation, my boss cried. "I want to know what happens! Finish it and come back!"
I felt bad for passing Lelan a bad read but it was really fun to hear his version of the story. I can't wait to hear the conclusion either.
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