Last night I did stay up rather late. I won't do it again (I promiiiiiissseeeeee).
But I at least enjoyed reading the first story in this book.
I don't know why there aren't any bigger cover pictures. My brother had to buy it for school, and I gladly salvaged it from wasting away in the garage. I don't think he read much/any of it.
The first story, The Ghost on the Rail by John George Lang is apparently true. It was written in 1859, or published, either one. It's a document of farmers in NSW, ghosts, rails, and a bewildering mystery surrounding a murder which caused a massive stir in the wider society at the time. It doesn't seem like something I would ever enjoy or search out, but that's just the thing, I just opened the book and decided to read whatever was the first story, and it was great! It's like when I had to read 'Holes' for english in year 8, and again, I wasn't interested but it really left an impression on me.
I have been prone to buying and then not reading books. Then I'll go back and decide to read one of them, and fret over the decision. I feel like if I'm not really in the mood I'll miss out on the experience of the book. But really, a book can come to you at any time or place, or rather, you to it, and it can say what it says regardless of your present circumstances. There is a little contamination there, but at the end of the day, you'll remember the characters and the events and not how bad the day you were trying to shake off with a bit of reading was. I'm almost finished the book I'm currently reading, Ariel. I have a few pages left, and I'm really surprised. I actually stuck with the one book until the end, minus a short bit of this and that here and there. I can tell you, I felt like starting something else many times, but I stuck with it and I've really enjoyed it, all considered.
Now I have to go have dinner and go to work.
Happy reading.
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