Meeting another reader

Readers are becoming increasingly rare. I “met” one recently through a second-hand book.

Years ago now, I bought a 86-page specialty instructional book in the consignment section of a specialty shop. For less than half the price of a new copy.

I still haven’t read it but, today, I set down to make the book ready for me to read. Does that sound pompous? I just mean that I was erasing the pencil marks that the previous reader left in it.

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