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Library Addiction

So Many Books! Every time I need to return something to the library I'm faced with a dilemma.  Should I drop it in the Book Return slot?  Or should I risk going in?  I know I should just use the slot.  I know it.  I choose my books online and should only go in when something specific is there waiting for me.  But... Sometimes I can't help it.  And when I go in I never, ever come out empty handed.  I don't need more books to read - I have plenty both on the shelf at home and coming to [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:19-07:00March 10th, 2012|Tags: |

Zone One, you’re killing me.

Thanks to the random and unpredictable nature of library holds, there's a feast-or-famine aspect to my stack of to-read books. If a half-dozen of them get dumped into my lap at once — all with the same due date — some difficult choices must be made. Fortunately/unfortunately, Colson Whitehead's Zone One is making the decision easier for me, with his "thinking man's zombie novel" that clearly proves I am not a thinking man. Sample sentence: "The youngest [zombie] wore its hair in a style popularized by a sitcom that took as its subject three roommates of seemingly immiscible temperaments and [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:19-07:00March 8th, 2012|Tags: , , |

My New Year’s Readolutions

Haha, whoa, that's pretty bad, isn't it? But since I seem to have significant motivational problems with resolutions that involve moving around or eating less, I thought I'd set myself some book-related resolutions this year, as that seems much more attainable (and fun). Reading resolutions = readolutions. I know, I'm sorry. 1. Finally get that Kindle and load it up with library books. A while ago, I wrote about my struggle between desiring a Kindle and not quite being able to justify one. But my biggest reason — that you couldn't borrow library books on one — has been blown to bits by [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:20-07:00December 19th, 2011|Tags: , , , |
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