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One can never have too many books. Ever.
Sep. 10th, 2010 04:10 pmThis morning around nine-thirty, Adam and I woke up snuggled together and covered with cats, having fallen asleep at two in the morning, after his midnight arrival home from jobs in New York and New Jersey. Breakfast was steak and eggs and yerba mate. Then it was off to run errands, but first he took me to the local used book store, Wonder Book, which used to be Book Alcove.
Someone once described our Wonder Book/Book Alcove as "The Labyrinth without David Bowie, unless he's hiding in the fantasy section." It is very easy to get lost. In fact, one customer walked up to the checkout table and said, "I've lost my wife again. Where's the general fiction area?" and the girl pointed and said, "Go all the way down that aisle and turn right, then go all the way to the end and turn left."
The first thing I grabbed in that store was a copy of "Fables: Legends In Exile" which had just come in. Then I spent half an hour wandering the room that housed science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, and romance. I walked out with my arms full: "The Bone Whistle" by Eva Swan, Robin McKinley's "Beauty," a battered yellowed copy of an old favorite, Patricia McKillip's "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld," Tanya Huff's Summoner trilogy, and, to my delight and sadness, a copy of Catherynne M. Valente's "The Grass-Cutting Sword." Delight because I finally found one of Cat's books in a physical shop, and sadness because it was a used book shop. Adam simply smiled, said, "We should have gotten you a basket," and added to the pile a worn hardcover copy of Terry Goodkind's "Debt of Bones." We really didn't spend all that much, considering. It could have been much worse if I had not made myself stop.
When we came home, there was a small UPS package from Barnes and Noble. My copy of Seanan McGuire's "An Artificial Night" had arrived (free express shipping plus a discount).
Also, I found a copy of Michael Ende's "Momo" on Ebay for four dollars, when I'd thought it was out of print in the United States. Funny, a lot of people forget that he wrote "The NeverEnding Story" -- and that he hated the film version. http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MISC/101783.htm
I am also reminded that I need to actually finish Mary Pearson's "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" and Vicki Pettersson's "Cheat The Grave" before I can start on other books. But "Fables" is a comic; it will go faster. I'll start there.
Someone once described our Wonder Book/Book Alcove as "The Labyrinth without David Bowie, unless he's hiding in the fantasy section." It is very easy to get lost. In fact, one customer walked up to the checkout table and said, "I've lost my wife again. Where's the general fiction area?" and the girl pointed and said, "Go all the way down that aisle and turn right, then go all the way to the end and turn left."
The first thing I grabbed in that store was a copy of "Fables: Legends In Exile" which had just come in. Then I spent half an hour wandering the room that housed science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, and romance. I walked out with my arms full: "The Bone Whistle" by Eva Swan, Robin McKinley's "Beauty," a battered yellowed copy of an old favorite, Patricia McKillip's "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld," Tanya Huff's Summoner trilogy, and, to my delight and sadness, a copy of Catherynne M. Valente's "The Grass-Cutting Sword." Delight because I finally found one of Cat's books in a physical shop, and sadness because it was a used book shop. Adam simply smiled, said, "We should have gotten you a basket," and added to the pile a worn hardcover copy of Terry Goodkind's "Debt of Bones." We really didn't spend all that much, considering. It could have been much worse if I had not made myself stop.
When we came home, there was a small UPS package from Barnes and Noble. My copy of Seanan McGuire's "An Artificial Night" had arrived (free express shipping plus a discount).
Also, I found a copy of Michael Ende's "Momo" on Ebay for four dollars, when I'd thought it was out of print in the United States. Funny, a lot of people forget that he wrote "The NeverEnding Story" -- and that he hated the film version. http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MISC/101783.htm
I am also reminded that I need to actually finish Mary Pearson's "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" and Vicki Pettersson's "Cheat The Grave" before I can start on other books. But "Fables" is a comic; it will go faster. I'll start there.
