::READING READINESS::Inspired by an odd juxtaposition of library books at a friend's house this weekend, my dreams gave me a fantastic idea for a reality TV show.
In order for me to describe it without an infinity of nested quotation marks and/or parentheses, you have to make the following erroneous assumption: Reality television is real/fact/true/non-fiction. 'Kay? Still with me? Okay, here we go:
It's a fictitious reality show (see what I mean about that assumption you have to make?), set in a world where books talk and interact with each other, with personalities vaguely analogous to their textual content. The show's HQ is a library, wherein books live relatively peacefully with their neighbors on the alphabetical or subject-sorted shelves.
Books are checked out in groups, and each week, producers follow borrowed batches to their temporary homes. The drama happens when library patrons take home potentially clashy or romantically-linked books. When someone checks out
Evolution of Species and
It Couldn't Just Happen: Fascinating Facts about God's World, knock-down-drag-out fun ensues! Or check out the will-they-or-won't-they romantic entanglement that occurs when
Still Life With Woodpecker and
Just a Couple of Days spend the night on a waterbed after their patron goes to sleep!
It could be called "Sub Text"! Or "Check It Out!", or "Book 'em!"
Okay, I'll stop.
