The Library Rules

Six years in bookclub, and I've just now learned in the past 12 months, how to reserve library books online. A couple clicks of the mouse and that book is on it's way to the library closest to my house which is about a mile away, and on my bus route. Oh, how much money this could have saved me over the years. In the beginning, I thought that I would need to purchase all of the books. I was sure that each novel would be a treasure that I would have to own. I learned my lesson the hard way over several years of bad, dull, hard to read books such as The Crimson Petal and the White. I thought for sure after reading a great review about hookers in the Victoria Era, that this tome would be a keeper for years to come. It was the dullest story about whores ever. I rarely, rarely, put a book down never to finish it. I struggled all the way through page 100 before I finally gave in and gave up.

And now, tonight, I sit down to check my email, and there from Amazon is one of those "based on your last purchases" we recommend blah blah... Well lo and behold, there was a book there that someone, (Michelle maybe?) recommended to me a year or so ago called The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. For a mere $4 this sucker for advertising decided to buy it.