I ran to the library this morning to drop off one book that I had finished (Shopaholic Ties the Knot, gotta do that review soon), and pick up two more. I had them put the next Stephanie Plum book on hold, as soon as it came in from another patron. It was supposed to be in on 3/23, but they didn’t call me till Saturday, so I guess the other person was late returning it. This one is “Three to Get Deadly”, and while I was there, I asked about the fourth one, and picked it up as well – “Four to Score”. These books are very light and entertaining, and quick reads. I have 3 weeks to get them back to the libarary, and at the rate I’ve been reading lately, I think that will be plenty of time. 🙂
I am actually rather proud of myself… this makes 9 books that I have read since the end of January. I do believe that’s a new record for me. I know before I met Tim, I was a voracious reader. But, that was the old days, when I was single and not as busy! I don’t think I’ve read this much in a while, and I’m very pleased about it. I do love books, bookstores and libraries.
I can walk into a bookstore and something overcomes me. Some kind of feeling of, oooh, I want to read this and that, and thumb through this book, and sit down and read this magazine, and just sit back and enjoy the quiet. I’m not sure what it is or how to describe it. I have always been that way. I have always loved libraries and bookstores. Even more so now that I have finally “taught” myself to drink coffee (flavored only, thank you very much) and cappuccinos. Places like Barnes and Noble and Borders are even more appealing, and dangerous, to me now. 🙂
Today was no different. If I hadn’t shown considerable restraint, I probably would have walked out with several more books. I just know myself, and I know that two or three for me in a three week period is much more doable. I just see so many things I want to look at and take home!! Our library has a really good selection of VHS tapes and a few DVD movies, and they have a pretty decent selection of cookbooks and reference books – oh my, cookbooks are terribly dangerous waters for me. That obsession in and of itself is another blog topic all of its own.
Actually, come to think of it, this obsession does not apply to just libraries and bookstores. I get this way about this same time every year, every spring, in nurseries and the garden section at Walmart, Home Depot and Lowe’s. Something about coming out of winter and all those flowering plants sends me into shopping overload. I always end up buying more flowers than I ever want to plant! I get in there, and something powerful overtakes me. I see all the different kinds of flowers, all of the colors, and I just have to really exert every ounce of self-control that I have not to buy two or three times as many as we need.
Same thing with bookstores and libaries. I think I see some kind of obsessive-compulsive pattern here. If Tim were reading this, or looking over my shoulder, he would call me Mrs Monk 😀
Does this disease have a name? 🙂 Or is it OCD, plain and simple?
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