Mary, I’m a hospice nurse and a lot of patients read at end of life if they can or listen to books on audio. Many RE-read old favorites as a comfort. Some order new books hot off the bestseller list. Full price they say because, why not. I have called libraries with bookmobiles to visit patient’s home so they can choose a few. It’s inter…
Mary, I’m a hospice nurse and a lot of patients read at end of life if they can or listen to books on audio. Many RE-read old favorites as a comfort. Some order new books hot off the bestseller list. Full price they say because, why not. I have called libraries with bookmobiles to visit patient’s home so they can choose a few. It’s interesting what they choose. It tells a great deal about them. Although, I’ve had a few patients who were gifted books by friends and thrown against a wall, one patient saying “this book is %#$@ I’m not wasting what little time I have reading that crap” so there’s that. The authors would probably be mortified to know how many times I have seen that happen!
Ha! I love that--who has time for the things we don't have time for? I'm sure you've seen so many amazing things in your chosen career. I think I have a strange mind. Some days, I think of the finite times I will see a certain person again in my lifetime. Strange to think about, really. So the book idea--what books I will never read because life is too short--this is something I stupidly ponder.
Mary, I’m a hospice nurse and a lot of patients read at end of life if they can or listen to books on audio. Many RE-read old favorites as a comfort. Some order new books hot off the bestseller list. Full price they say because, why not. I have called libraries with bookmobiles to visit patient’s home so they can choose a few. It’s interesting what they choose. It tells a great deal about them. Although, I’ve had a few patients who were gifted books by friends and thrown against a wall, one patient saying “this book is %#$@ I’m not wasting what little time I have reading that crap” so there’s that. The authors would probably be mortified to know how many times I have seen that happen!
Ha! I love that--who has time for the things we don't have time for? I'm sure you've seen so many amazing things in your chosen career. I think I have a strange mind. Some days, I think of the finite times I will see a certain person again in my lifetime. Strange to think about, really. So the book idea--what books I will never read because life is too short--this is something I stupidly ponder.