All kidding aside, I have very little patience for a novel. It truly may have something to do with watching a lot of TV as a child; this probably killed my attention span. As much of a creative mind as I (like to think I) have, I can't get through an entire novel. It has to either be something serious (i.e. a biography, or like this cool book I read about the number zero), or a book written by a comedian. I've read Al Franken's "Oh, The Things I Know!" too many times. I think I like these because I can put them down anytime I want. I like a lot of poetry as well, which is a pretty new thing for me, since I used take pride in my mocking of the entire idea of poetry. But I think this is once again linked to my lack of an attention span, since they are usually pretty short. Unlike this post
