Some Books Are Made for the Bathroom

There are those times when you want to read something, and you say to yourself, "Let me go into another room. I don't feel like having anyone looking at me; I just want to be alone."

There is a place in the house where you can be alone. It's called the bathroom and I'm not alone in using it as a reading room. It's just that I use it to read a certain kind of literature. I'm sitting there on the toilet, and I begin to read this book, and before you know it, it's piqued my interest. Some people may call it soft porn, others may call it hard porn. For me, it's just porn, and it's good reading.

Many of us are so educated, with so many degrees that we then become snobs: "I can't read anything unless it's Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Well, there are some sexual innuendoes there too. So you're reading it, but on a different level. But sometimes you say to yourself, "Ah, I don't feel like going out for a date. I don't feel like being with anyone; I want a vicarious experience."

At those times, these little toilet novels meet your need. You just want to sit down and read without much thought. You want a story that's fast moving and yet to the point. You get what I mean? You can read these books starting in front, in back, in any place you want, and the story and characters are hot no matter where you begin.

After reading one of these books, I usually say, "Boy, this was good reading." Why? Because it kept my interest, I made it through what I was doing on the toilet and the book is finished. What a good experience.