I Smell Books: I have a co-dependent relationship with my library.

Friday, September 25, 2009

I have a co-dependent relationship with my library.

So yeah, basically I justify my weakness with checking books out at the library, because they are free. Why do I feel guilty then? I'm not quite sure. I walked out of the office yesterday with my loot and was trying to sneak to the elevators just in time to get caught by a co-worker. Yes, I'm a nerd and I love books. Mkay?

Now that that's all out in the open - here's the loot I brought home!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Had this one on hold & can't wait to start it this weekend!)

True Colors by Kristin Hannah (I'm a fan of Kristin Hannah and this one is about 3 sisters, so of course, I'm intrigued already!)

Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories by Lauren Groff (This is one I wouldn't normally pick up, but it's not very big and I'm kinda curious.)

Hold Love Strong by Matthew Aaron Goodman (I'm a little nervous about this one. It was a complete impulse-shelf-pick-up and I haven't heard anything about it, though the ratings on Goodreads look fairly high. Thoughts anyone?)

And then earlier this week, I picked up my hold of Nicholas Spark's latest The Last Song. (Yippee! Every fall he publishes a new book and its something I look forward to every year!)

I'm super excited and can't wait to get started on Hunger Games! It's this months book club selection (chosen by Mwah) and I keep hearing nothing but amazing things about it. And then I'm also dying to crack open Nicholas Spark's latest, because he is truly my favorite author and I will read anything he puts out. Looks like I know what I'll be doing this weekend!!

Has anyone read any of these titles and have any thoughts to share on them?

4 comments:

Brandie said...: LMAO! I have the same weekness. We need help :) For me...when it rains, it pours. I check out more then I can ever read. lol.

I loved True Colors. I think you'll enjoy it!

And I just finished The Last Song last night. Get out your tissues. I cried like a friggin baby. He's predictable, but I still love his stuff and look forward to it every September!!; September 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Lisa said...: I just brought Hunger Games home from the library myself.; September 29, 2009 at 2:26 PM
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Mrs. Melissa said...: I totally agree - I always check out too many books at a time, start several of them at the same time; its like my eyes get bigger than...well...my head, my free time?? Anyways, you'll LOVE True Colors - I read it back in Sept or Oct and couldn't put it down!!; January 15, 2010 at 4:08 PM

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About Me

I smell books...literally. Its a little something I picked up from my dad after watching him choose one of his leather bound and gold leafed classics off the shelf, rub the outside cover, open to the very middle pages and inhale deeply the smell from the book. It's a trait I hope to pass onto my own kids someday, a piece of my history.

As a little girl my favorite things were not dolls, clothes, or even trying on make up...it was the shelves of stories that I would read over and over again. If I was bad, oh please send me to my room! And there I could spend hours just reading, escaping to my own world of imagination, sitting on my Holly Hobby bedspread and watching the Cherry Blossoms dancing outside my window.

As an adult, I still have a passion to read and I've decided keeping a book blog was a great outlet for my thoughts on books and connect with others who share this same passion.