Yesterday after lunch Matt and I kicked things off with a little used-book shopping at the Given Book Store.
I couldn't believe my high-quality bounty for $20:
- My two favorite Anne Tyler books, "Ladder of Years" and "Breathing Lessons." I already own both of these but I'm always giving them away so I buy them whenever I find them cheap.
- "On Agate Hill," Lee Smith's newest novel and her only one I haven't read and don't own.
- "The Stone Diaries" by Carol Shields, my favorite book of the moment. I wanted to run out and buy it as soon as I finished it at the beach (I had borrowed it from the library) but I knew I'd eventually run across it used, and I was right. I did a little dance when I spotted it.
- Three more books by Carol Shields that I can't wait to read. One, "Happenstance: Two Novels in One About a Marriage in Transition," seems especially enticing. It's the story of a marriage told twice -- from the wife's perspective and then from the husband's perspective. Or vice versa (I don't know which order I'll read it in).
- A Strong's Bible dictionary (Matt wanted it).
THANK YOU, Mom and Dad!
P.S. I would like to clarify that just because I'm only now redeeming last year's gift certificates does NOT mean I don't like getting them as gifts. In fact, they're one of my favorite things to receive (click here)! But I always seem to take forever using them because I don't keep them in my wallet, so they aren't with me on an everyday basis.
- "On Agate Hill," Lee Smith's newest novel and her only one I haven't read and don't own.
- "The Stone Diaries" by Carol Shields, my favorite book of the moment. I wanted to run out and buy it as soon as I finished it at the beach (I had borrowed it from the library) but I knew I'd eventually run across it used, and I was right. I did a little dance when I spotted it.
- Three more books by Carol Shields that I can't wait to read. One, "Happenstance: Two Novels in One About a Marriage in Transition," seems especially enticing. It's the story of a marriage told twice -- from the wife's perspective and then from the husband's perspective. Or vice versa (I don't know which order I'll read it in).
- A Strong's Bible dictionary (Matt wanted it).
THANK YOU, Mom and Dad!
P.S. I would like to clarify that just because I'm only now redeeming last year's gift certificates does NOT mean I don't like getting them as gifts. In fact, they're one of my favorite things to receive (click here)! But I always seem to take forever using them because I don't keep them in my wallet, so they aren't with me on an everyday basis.
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Happy Birthday Girl!!!!When is your birthday and how old will you be?
My birthday is Sept. 3 and I will be (drumroll) 29!
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