The "Books at All Costs" speech is the one that I find myself having nothing to relate to. I myself prefer not to read books in my free time, but Kristin Kelly the author worships books like they are her personal saviour. I have no personal problem against those who like and read books, but Kelly has forced me to hate book lovers, or at least if you do to the same extent she was talking about. Her opening statement is that she advocates buying really expensive books. I have problems with reading books given to me so I find it completely outlandish to pay heavily for one. To me it just is not worth it, but to Kelly she would spend all she had on a book. She even preferred to own many paperbacks over just one ebook. I only had to read the first line and I was already doubting if I would finish the rest of it.
The rest of the essay is basically the same shameful behavior. The personal account she told is when she left her house one night to go buy a $300 book. I could not believe what I was reading. At this point I was really thinking that this lady is delusional and wanted to stop, but I went on anyway. Kelly goes on to compare books to slices of heaven and how she will love to pass them on to her kids. If I just really had to purchase books, I would have just gotten an ebook and called it a day. I really did not like this speech though it did make sense since her over the top love for books is why I did not like Kelly's speech.
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