Would You Have Thought?: I Dont Know Nearly Enough

As I adapted to college and transitioned into my present graduate fellowship, I have come to desire to be more educated and intellectually developed. There is only one problem: intelligence is a result of understanding the written word and for the most part the written word and I are not "homies" (translation for the more seasoned individuals reading this- "I hate to read"). Weekend after weekend, I have been studying for the LSAT by going over a cheap Kaplan book and memorizing words from vocabulary flashcards. Then it happened, my friend slammed it on me like Road Runner drops a heavy object on Wile E. Coyote. "Chantel," he said, "the only way you can learn and I mean really learn those vocabulary words is by reading." Damn him, he was right...I looked it up on Google!!!

I remember being a high school freshman and a teacher telling me that an appreciation for reading would develop over the next few years. Unfortunately, my appreciation never developed (if I ever run into that teacher I will tell him) and frankly I am a little pissed off about it. So here I am, a college graduate (I know what you are thinking, I can barely believe it myself), and aspiring law student, with NO appreciation for books (apparently "award winning personalities" do not count too much on law school applications). Then came my epiphany, I don’t have to learn to love to read in preparation for the LSAT, I have to learn to love it for law school (this is when the realization came that they don't hand out JD's for how well you could argue in a court room).

As many of my friends head off to exotic places for the summer, I am going to spend my summer reading about them. I figure maybe I'll never learn to love to read, but maybe I can learn to tolerate it (I just hope my Ritalin supply can last that long). Here is my summer reading list, there are twelve books and my intention is to read them all by the time I start school in September. If you happen to have any of these books in your possession, please pass them my way. After all, most of them are best sellers, and my pockets are empty (well besides for lint that is).

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