When I was a teenager, when I got grounded, my folks meant business. No TV, no phone, no radio, no fun books. I had to sit in my room and reflect on the evil of my ways. I was allowed school stuff and reference works. I skimmed the dictionary for words new to me (the probably source of some of the more obscure vocabulary words I pull out of the air on occasion), and the thesaurus as well.G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 8:16 pm My review of the Thesaurus.
Overall Rating: B-
I wouldn't recommend it.
But the big fun for me was my encyclopedia. This was before the internet, so I had an actual encyclopedia. BUT, my parents didn't have alot of $$ ... it was my fathers childhood encyclopedia, like it still had Stalin alive and the Queens Dad was still King. World War II was over in this version of the world, but not by much. I was in trouble alot, a baddie even as a teenager, so I made it through most of it over the years.
It was an interesting perspective. But I am not sure I would do it again if not compelled to do so, so kudos to you!