The list below is in acknowledgement of National Screen-Free Week, which runs through the first week of May. Consider this a celebratory expression of reading love, recognition that there is rarely time when it is inappropriate to pick up a book and read it. So the following is:

BookEnds Top 10 (and quite possibly the only 10) instances where or when you shouldn't have your face in a hot new bestseller or sultry classic. Browse carefully:
 
10) Your building has caught fire, your pets are home asleep and you are not on the last chapter of Watership Down, the part where Hazel is being approached by a rabbit with silver light shining from his ears.
 
9) Your spouse just came home with a new golden retriever puppy and is threatening to dress him in a Clipper's jersey and name him "Air Bud" if you don't pay attention.
 
8) Someone walks by, saying, "Krakauer's writing sucks," and you need to go fight them.
 
7) You're a newborn.
 
6) You've been elected President of the United States of America and the emcee is announcing you to the podium for the inaugural address.
 

5) You're having a bad dream, right? So you're in this elementary school being escorted into an auditorium where the entire student body is waiting for you to give a complete oral reading of any title you can find, except the only book you see is 50 Shades of Grey.
 
4) It's your turn to participate in M.O.C.A.T., the Mudwrestling for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Tournament.
 
3) Rumi has been resurrected and is approaching you about sacrificing your eyeballs in favor of a successful Dead Poet's Petition to inspire JD Salinger to write a full-length sequel to Catcher in the Rye.
 
2) You and I are on a date and are not already reading. (Unlikely.)
 
1) I need your help throwing away your TV.
 
 Enjoy your screenless week, fellow bookworms! 

Matt Devine
Director of Programs