Dear Journal,Oct. 12, 3173
It turns out that I was sicker than I thought I was. Millie only makes me sicker. Nowadays, I can't even be sure she loves me. I want to be able to turn to her for advice and caring, but I can't. Clarisse makes a better wife than Millie in that sense, but now she's gone. Millie knows that I slept through the day because I'm sick, and now she expects me to go to work like nothing's happened! Captain Beatty's little lecture made things worse. I know for sure now that I can't possible trust him with my book problem. With Clarisse gone, whom can I turn to?
Dear Journal,Oct. 13, 3173
I had to tell Millie the truth. Captain Beatty knew it was only a matter of time before I showed her. Needless to say, Millie was utterly shocked that I had hidden so many books without her knowing but I just had to take it. I had an "itch" as the Captain said. But even when I scratched it, it wouldn't go away. Why would people die for their books if there wasn't something interesting about them? I have a feeling that there's more to books then something interesting. I guess Millie's going to have to suffer because of my curiosity. There's something milling in my life, and I'm hoping that books are the answer.
Dear Journal,Oct. 14, 3173
Reading books is harder than I thought. Millie keeps nagging me to burn them already because they're nonsense. I know it's hard to understand, but there must be something more to them; something that people don't get now because they haven't read in a long time. Oh, how I wish Clarisse was here! Even if she didn't have any books at home she might have been able to understand them better than me. I need to find a person who doesn't drown themselves in parlor walls and speed racing. I need to find someone who's different
Dear Journal,Oct. 16, 3173
I think I may have found my answer. I remember meeting an old man. He was strange like Clarisse, but not as crazy as she was. This man was special in his own way. You could tell that he loves books; it's just that he hides it from the world. He's afraid he's going to be found out and burned. It I could find this man and help him with his fear, maybe there's hope for a future of book reading.
Dear Journal,Oct. 17, 3173
Professor Faber was the old man's name. Finding out he's still alive is great news for me. For a while, I was unsure if I would be able to find him. I feared he had met the same fate as Clarisse. It didn't go very well, but at least I found him, and that's a start! What would make this day even better is if I could get Millie to stop watching those stupid parlor walls and start helping us save books.
Note: Okay, so this isn't really a full week, but I haven't finished typing the rest of it yet. There's some editing I want to do first. Once again if you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to leave a review. All I ask is that you don't flame. Belgaer's Voice's review is a good example of a review that is informitive, but not a flame. Anyway, enjoy!