I wrote this a while back... and I finally got it beta'd. Please when you're done tell me what you think. It'd be of a great help. And oh thanks for Ciaddict for beta'ing this of course! Awesome job.

The link to the story on FF.net please review.

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Bobby took the book out of the cardboard box.

He was sitting on his living room floor. His original intention was to clean his living room, but that wasn't really getting done.

There were clothes scattered all over the floor, glasses half-empty on his coffee table, he couldn't find his remote for his TV.

But as soon as he opened the box, his mind was fixated on the book. Almost nothing else could have his truly undivided attention, causing him to forget anything else.

He had ordered the book the previous week from Barnes and Noble's website. It had been on sale, and it looked interesting so he decided he wanted it. He also had had experience with the same author, and concluded that it must be good.

He put the book up to his nose, and inhaled deeply the intoxicating scent. He loved the smell of new books.

Taking the book from under his nose, he opened it. He skipped to the prologue; after reading it; he moved on to the first chapter.

He became lost in this inanimate thing for hours, unaware of the time until his alarm clock buzzed. Six a.m. It was about 2 a.m. when he decided to clean. But he only got as far as the package on the table.

He didn't get any sleep, and he didn't clean one single bit.

Oh Well.

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This was a fun story for me because it takes me back to my childhood. My mother would send me to clean my room and 3 hours later she would find me sitting in the middle of my bed reading a book...and the room was still a disaster. ::looks around at messy house:: Umm....maybe it doesn't take me back all that far.

Good job, Kerli. I can totally see Bobby becoming distracted by a new book. And who doesn't love that "new book smell"?!

Thanks. I'm glad you like it.

lol. the same goes my mother... but then again our living room is ALWAYS a mess. D: i try not to do anything with it because, for some strange reason, I don't know where anything goes. O.o

I love that smell! it's soo intoxicating.... addicting... i've run out of words. i need to study vocabulary more... lol.



~kerli~

Ah...very nice! A man after my own heart! I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes to inhale the scent of new books...in fact, I don't mind the scent of old books either! And whoever thought up the idea of putting the smell of books together with the smell of coffee is a genius!

And that is so Bobby...distracted by a book to the exclusion of all else.

Thank you so much. I'm glad you like it.

I love that too. It's awesome isn't it?

He's a nerk.

~kerli~

hey kerli!

terrific fic! i'm like this with books, too. lol. i guess you take after your dad, and that's how you know what he's like with a new book.
i am wondering how long you worked on it because it's perfect as far as spelling and comma placements and all are concerned. excellent job!
but more than that, i can hear Bobby's voice in a lot of your wording choices:
"original intention was ... wasn't really getting done." sounds like him. and this one; "He put the book up to his nose, and inhaled deeply the intoxicating scent. He loved the smell of new books. " shows deep understanding of him. "intoxicating" - YES! i love this scene, kerli. i can so see him doing this. (i pressed "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to my nose for like a minute!) and i'm like OBC - old ones smell good, too. especially Enid Blyton ... no idea why. her books just smell different. lol.

and the 'oh well' is nice ... Bobby resigned to be who he is. (bookish nerds are the coolest people!)

thanks for sharing! please write more!!

i tried to review at ff but something insane occurred ... it was very wtf? i think it's my mouse. so you will get some odd non-reviews from me there ... sorry!
(they meant to say "i love your story!")

Thank you!

I didn't work on it long at all. Only like probably 10 minutes. O.o I seem to be very good at english, even though the last month of school was the first time i had an actually english class in school! Well the original version at least, but it's not that different from the Beta'd version. hehe.

I'm sorry. D: at lest i already have 5 reviews! yay!!

~kerli~