Woohoo! Week 3 was a success!
I was very anxious about this week because, as I mentioned in my last update, I was going to be stepping in a bookstore for the first time since I put myself on my “ban” and I was afraid I would go crazy seeing all those lovely, lovely books. But I didn’t! What really worried me as well was originally Hannah was going to the launch of Rainbow Rowell’s Landline with me and she has promised to help keep me on track, but then she went out of town and couldn’t make it. Thankfully, however, by the time I arrived at Barnes & Noble for the event, there was already a huge crowd and so I quick had to buy my copy of Landline and then go grab seats for myself and my friends Brian and Kelly who also attended. There was no time for browsing, and then afterward we all left right after having our books signed to get coffee and hang out elsewhere. Yay for things working out!
This does not mean that Landline was the only book I got this week, however. In the mail, I got my monthly read from Soho Teen (this month we got to choose our own titles rather than everyone being sent the same one, so I chose Projection by Risa Green) and my copy of The Book of Beasts by John Barrowman & Carole E. Barrowman finally arrived from the UK after having pre-ordered it back in March. Today my new boss gave me a copy of her book, a spiritual memoir. While it isn’t something I would normally pick up on my own, I’m really looking forward to reading it and getting to know more about her and her thoughts and feelings on God and her faith!
I also bought the first book in The League of Princes trilogy by Christopher Healy in hardcover as I had previously only had it in paperback and since I am going to his signing on Saturday, I wanted to have a matching hardcover set signed. Of course, this event is more worrisome than the launch for Landline as I am going to it by myself and it’s being held at the Barnes & Noble with the used section…. Send positive thoughts, please!
I also bought three books yesterday while at a signing for William Shakespeare’s The Jedi Doth Return by Ian Doescher, but they were not for me! I got my brother the trilogy and, since my dad accompanied me (I refuse to drive over the GW Bridge by myself and this event was in Long Island), he got them signed. So sometime soon I shall be sharing the joys of William Shakepeare’s Star Wars with my brother! Maybe if he comes home for a visit we can read some scenes together….
As for what is coming up next and whether or not I’ll be able to continue with this “ban,” sometime soon I will be receiving a copy of Lies Told In Silence by M.K. Tod for a blog tour in September, and a signed copy of Conversion by Katherine Howe which I pre-ordered before starting this “ban.” Also, I have finished 97 new-to-me books so I will be able to go and buy myself a treat in just three short new-to-me books! So for now I’m doing well and I truly believe I can continue with this!
Just make sure you send me positive thoughts for Saturday, though!
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