Axel Scheffler We need rules to survive, especially in parks. I'm a serial book club member. Unfortunately my appetite for books is greater than my capacity to consume them, so rows of unread titles stare accusingly from the shelves, but the thought of all the time I could spend reading them, if only there was, well, the time to read them, makes me a pushover for the introductory offers. Plus the price, of course. Book clubs, however, are notorious for their inefficiencies.
Unwanted books arrive with some regularity, wanted ones go missing.
For example, I'm still waiting for Dealing With Difficult People. This was a title with particular appeal, since the world abounds with difficult people and it's hard to know what to do with them. I wanted to know. Teenage dps terrorize young kids and their mums in the playground. Footballing dps leave small mounds of plastic bottles and used orange segments on the grass as memorials to their sporting achievements.