I started reading somewhat big numbers of books as a child, during communism. There wasn’t much to read at that time because the books available in Bulgarian had to be ideologically compliant, which pretty much left us stuck with unreadable soviet books and adventure/romantic books about other centuries (pirates, wild west, knights and such).
Karl May was permitted and one of the first authors I really liked and attempted to read entirely. Since then, this turned to a preferred method of reading for me – once I like a writer, I’d try to read all of their works until it becomes repetitive. With Karl May, I think there were only 3-4 books I bought but never completed.
What I didn’t do and should’ve was to sell or donate the books. I shouldn’t have left them at my parents’ apartment to collect dust and rot once I moved on from Karl May. My reading habits create clutter.
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These books we bought and owned in our pasts, marked the passages of which we came, and, each one is, extremely important, with the, sentimental, and real values attached to them, which made it even more difficult when we have to move, and we can’t, take them with us…
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Sentimental items can be a major source of clutter.
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My husband grew up in communist Poland and loved Karl May’s books. Vina Tu, Appanachi, Old Shatterhand. He has lovingly told me about these characters. But now living in North America, he laughs at the descriptions of the land and the ‘Indians’ (First Nations). It must have been a very popular series. Maggie
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Apparently Karl May only visited America when he was older. But I grew up with these books and they felt real at the time.
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There are very important words in this post. They are: “The books available in Bulgarian had to be ideologically compliant.” Think about that. We’re heading back that way, folks. Every one of us needs to read, and write, and fight that shit to the bitter end.
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Not in Bulgaria. Very few people read here. However, the USA might be heading that way 😦
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We also complain about people not reading anymore. I feel that intolerance is growing everywhere, and that words and stories are one way to alleviate that and show that there’s another way.
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So bad when you have so little choice.
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