Probably the answer to that is `yes,’ but when I think about it being books, my head just seems to automatically move from side to side … no. We can’t.
Of course, I say this in my own defense, as well might you, in the face of Tuesday’s experience. I went to vote. Our town votes in the local library. There are no services for that day, but one can still roam about and peruse the shelves. Well, the shelves I perused were the ones in front of the check-out desk which are always filled with used/unwanted/donated books for sale. $1.00 for hardcover, $.50 for paperback.
I asked one of the ladies helping out with voting if I could just leave the librarian some money for a few books. Of course I could, just no borrowing from the main shelves. (I bet they’re all in cahoots, I thought, conspiring to entice helpless readers.) I didn’t have change, so left a bigger bill which would cover the books and a small donation to the library along with a note.
I found another book by Amy Tan, The Kitchen God’s Wife, her next after her first big success. The Joy Luck Club. That seemed like a good bet. And then I found Toni Morrison’s latest novel, Paradise, a mystery about some evil goings-on in a convent outside a small Oklahoma town. Now that sounded interesting! And then in paperback, The Power of Silence, a later book by Carlos Castaneda, and also The Secret by Rhonda Byrne … the book. (I’ve only read the web site.) What a tasty little gathering of reads for such a pittance.
Now, that fortune cookie … technically, it belonged to my friend as I had already opened and eaten my cookie. Half of it was good advice … the generosity part. The perfection part? Well, sometimes that’s just a way to make ourselves crazy, but hey, it’s only a thought in a cellophane-wrapped, folder-over piece of fried dough, right? I have something more on my mind … I’m stalking through the freshly vacated rooms of the convent with men seeking justice in Paradise.
That’s one thing I miss so badly – library stocked from top to bottom with English books!!!! And to be able to get used books on sale. What a find Jeanne! I’ve been wanting to check out The Secret for sometime now. (my reading list just keeps growing) and that mystery involving a convent – that’s just too delicious! I have a very weak spot for suspense and murder mysteries. (I have stopped now for the last three years! I know I shouldn’t but tell me if Paradise is good!) 😀 I have learnt that excellence is a better goal than perfection…
To books, fortune, cookies and life! 😀
Sharon
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Hi, Sharon – You can check out The Secret online in the meantime … here it is – http://thesecret.tv/. Just so many books, so little time! I’ll keep you posted on Paradise. And yes, the availability of used/cheap books really is an incredible richness.
Cheers to all this great stuff! Jeanne
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Lovely blog. The photography is wonderful, and the messages are powerful.
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Marilyn, Thank you very much for your kind words; I really appreciate it. I’ll be stopping by to visit you real soon, too!
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