6:48AM
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 06:48AM The older I get, I’m finding, the more I want *good things* to last. Of course, I’m not as bad as the wiz, who only wears his most awesome red shirt a few times a year to keep it awesome, but I’m getting into his realm. The Harry Potter came on Saturday. (Thank you to Chapters and Canada Post) And what did I do? I didn’t invest 40 hours in-a-row reading it. Heck no - I packed it along with its predecessor for next week’s vacation. I didn’t even crack the spine to take a peek. Nope, no way, nuhuh. The closest I’m going to come to it may be next sunday morning. On the deck, overlooking 6 Mile Lake, with loons eyeing my steaming coffee.
Pleasure.
Prolonger.
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But that seems to be more like pleasure delaying.
Not reading it now means you are getting no pleasure out of it at the moment.
The pleasure would begin when you open and start reading.
MAYBE the anticipation contributes to the pleasure a little bit, but not as much as reading itself.
So really, if you want to prolong it, read one word a day until you're done.
I have pleasure already, since I have the book in hand. I am prolonging the pleasure of having vs the pleasure of reading.... you are right - I am going to limit myself to about 75 pages a day ;-)