手(て)当(あて)た()り()次(し)第(だい) teatetarishidaiに ni小(しょう)説(せつ) shousetsuを o読(よ)ん()だ() yondaもの monoだ da。 I used to read any novel I could get my hands on. Literal At-random novels [object-を] read [nostalgic-past-ものだ]. 手当たり次第に (てあたりしだいに) literally means 'in the order hands touch' — grabbing whatever comes to hand, doing something indiscriminately. ~ものだ expresses nostalgic recollection. Subject entirely omitted. booksreading~ものだ (nostalgic past)subject omission手当たり次第 (at random)
手(て)当(あて)た()り()次(し)第(だい) teatetarishidaiに ni小(しょう)説(せつ) shousetsuを o読(よ)ん()だ() yondaもの monoだ da。 I used to read any novel I could get my hands on. Literal At-random novels [object-を] read [nostalgic-past-ものだ]. 手当たり次第に (てあたりしだいに) literally means 'in the order hands touch' — grabbing whatever comes to hand, doing something indiscriminately. ~ものだ expresses nostalgic recollection. Subject entirely omitted. booksreading~ものだ (nostalgic past)subject omission手当たり次第 (at random)