Today (Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024) is national Buy a Book Day. I haven’t needed a special day to buy a book since I was 15 years old and reading became a voracious habit. Here’s a look at part of a bookcase in the family room of our home here in Naples, Fla. In the photo you’ll find: (at the top), Florida’s own Carl Hiaasen; (in the middle) some books on the Vietnam war – including my favorite, “Close Quarters” by Larry Heinemann and “The Short Timers” by Gustav Hasford that was turned into the movie “Full Metal Jacket” — and one about the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and two of the late Edward Abbey’s novels along with the late Hunter S. Thompson’s classic “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” as well as several novels by noir specialist James Ellroy and the late Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather;” and (on the third shelf) the first 18 of 26 novels by the late Tim Dorsey with the rest out of sight on the right. I took this shot today with my iPhone. Here’s a description of Buy a Book Day: “Buy A Book Day takes place on September 7 each year. This day is celebrated to raise awareness about the dying book-buying and book-reading culture. Did you know that the U.S. adult population that read books has declined by 7% over the past decade?” I guess the “Days” are mixed up since yesterday was “Read a Book Day.”
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