2008
delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords
maura @ 9:30 pm
Today was a good day. I had brunch with some library pals in the city and had a great time catching up. After I got home the three of us headed down to one of those so-called healthy frozen yogurt places so the boys could have a snack. It was kind of a thinly veiled excuse to get us all outside for a bit, and since Gus scootered all the way there and back it was mission accomplished.
Then we went to the library to return the book I read completely on the train home from Vermont* as well as a couple of Gus’s recent faves (Captain Underpants, Spiderwick). We were hoping to score the second Spiderwick book but it was out. So we put a hold on it and got Gus the 4 Totoro comic books instead, plus a Tintin collection for J+G.
* Last summer I read Jpod, also in its entirety, on the train home from Vermont, and thus Amtrak + Douglas Coupland have a weird link in my brain. Come to think of it, it’s really pretty appropriate to read his books on trains.
I picked up the book I had on hold, the latest short story collection from my literary boyfriend Steven Millhauser.
I really should not be allowed to go to the public library. When I’m at work it’s very worky — I have stuff to do and don’t tend to spend time thinking about all of the books I could read. But at the public library I have absolutely no self control. I am always in awe of all the books there that I could read and tend to lose my head and check way too much out.
Today I exercised great strength and did not even let myself look at the new books shelves, which are perilously close to the hold shelves. But then when I got back to the kids section Jonathan was reading Totoro to Gus, so I let myself look at the kid’s shelves while I waited for them to finish. Which is how I ended up checking out this YA scifi book that I’ve heard really good things about. Stop me now! At least it’ll be a quick read, right?
2 comments on “delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords”
I know, it is so hard to get rid of books! But with 3 readers in this house now I am loving the library. We’re trying to only buy books we think we’ll read more than once. Which works most of the time. Unless one of us has a big geek moment, I can feel one coming on myself … stop me before I order books about information literacy!
I should start using the public library or get a bigger apartment. I’m in the process of culling books from my collection, and it’s painful. I’ve only gotten as far as putting a box of books I’m willing to part with in the kitchen.
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