Life | Book Chatter

Book Expo America seems like a fun event to attend, and so many of you are in New York right now for the big event, but once again I find myself unable to go. Money, time and the fact that The Boy is leaving for his DC trip this Thursday. Those are the main reasons and the others have to do with my hatred of crowds and pushy people. However, it would be so nice to finally meet those who I have been conversing with for well over two years now and in some cases, four! Someday.

This weekend has been uneventful. I’ve spent much of it picking up last minute items for The Boy’s trip. Five days in DC…sigh. I am going to be a nervous wreck. He’s not one to check-in with me regularly but I’ve voiced my concern over that so hopefully he will try harder. Sometimes, those Smart phones are just useless in that they die way to soon. Before the end of the day, with constant use (picture taking and the like) they end up dying. They need to come out with better batteries for those things.

Today, I am just running more errands and doing laundry. So exciting! I just finished The Age of Miracles. Hmmm. I have to think about that one more before writing the review. I also finished Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Not sure what I plan to read next but there are about eight galleys on my Kindle that I need to get to.

Dinner is leftovers because I don’t feel like cooking a thing! What are you up to?

I woke up to a beautiful day, dragged my butt to the gym/work and as I was walking back across campus, it occurred to me just how beautiful this campus is. It’s not close to water and there really isn’t a view of anything but trees and other buildings, but since the earthquake in ’94, it’s filled out quite nicely.

I work in the Oviatt Library building at CSUN so this is my view if I climb the stairs from my basement office and look out onto the quad. It’s tempting to be so close to the books but it’s a tad too institutional for me and not a cozy place to spend my time so I usually pop in, get what I need and then run back down to my basement office.

Today, I am taking it easy. I am totally wiped out from the gym so I plan to spend my day cleaning up my inbox, checking on some pending items and then maybe… maybe I will go someplace for lunch. I packed a lunch but it’s yucky and not calling my name.

As for reading, I am reading The Age of Miracles for a book tour and trying to catch-up on my galleys which have grown in the past few days. However, I will not turn away a copy of The Twelve if anyone decides to offer it to me. In fact, I have shamelessly asked BEA attendees to snag a copy for me if they are able to do so. I am dying, DYING to snag a copy of that book.

Anyway, Happy Friday! Hope you all have a wonderful day.

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