Would you ever be brave enough to go on a blind date? The
anxiety of not knowing if you’ll like your date, the awkward beginnings, the
stomach butterflies…
Some of us would never venture so far as to do this with
another person. However, would you be brave enough to go on a blind date with a
book?
These days many book shops, coffee shops and even big book
retailers like Barnes & Noble are wrapping up their books like it was
Christmas Eve and putting them on to shelves either blank or with a brief
description on the back. At first glance you might say “Oh how fun and whimsical!”
But LO! There is a danger there.
Books are rather expensive. Even used books can get up there
in price at times. So imagine if you were to choose your Blind Date Book, pay
for it, bring it home, read it and hate it. What a waste of money right? For a
person like me who does not have much means for book buying, something like
this could really be detrimental. Of course, if you have a lot of money and don’t
mind taking the chance then I say GO FOR IT!!!
Without turning this entry into a bitch session, I’d like to
propose that this idea be better put to use in say… book clubs or perhaps
reading challenges. I guess in some ways you are taking the same risks but in a
group atmosphere you have to kind of expect a certain amount of disappointment.
Great idea? Scary adventure? What is a blind date with a
book to you?
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