I have a problem.
And it is growing.
Library books are taking over my bedroom.
The thing about library books is they come and go so they can't really have a permanent spot on a bookshelf or along your wall if you're too cheap or transient to buy a bookshelf (ahem, like me). AND you always want them by your bed if that's where you happen to do most of your reading. So without you really knowing how or when it happens, library books take over your room.
I can't get out of bed like a normal person. I must shimmy down to the bottom of the bed especially if the lights are off to avoid breaking an ankle on these dangerous, yet delectable titles. I've thought about a basket like the one in which I keep magazines in the living room. That may be the best answer though I suspect it will get beaten up with hardback corners and edges.
But until I come up with a suitable solution, on the floor they will stay. And the more pressing issue is which one should I read next? Here's a sample of the pile:
This story of the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North has been catching my eye in bookstores for the past year or so. Seeing as the book is still only available in hardcover, I did my best to avoid its expensive draw. Finally, I caved and put it on hold at the old L-I-B. And now it is sitting, waiting next to my bed. Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize and the title (taken from a Richard Wright poem) reeks of sweeping epic history and I took a fabulous American urban history as an undergrad which this book seems to so I must read this book.
The first part of a fantasy series, Paolini started writing this book when he was 15! When I was 15, I watched too much T.V. and came home to my Grandma's baked goods...certainly wasn't writing epic fiction. Also, Paolini is from Paradise Valley, Montana which is every bit as beautiful as it sounds. In fact, it may be one of the most beautiful places ever, and I know that because my cousins live just up the road! Hey cousins! But I digress. Eragon is the main character. He finds a strange stone deep in the woods. It turns out to be an egg from which a dragon hatches. That sounds exciting, right?
Who doesn't love a juicy expose? A few weeks ago HBO released a film based on this book chronicling the 2008 road to the presidential election. Written by two political journalists, it is apparently based on hundreds of interviews of those who were there behind-the-scenes. The writers cover everyone from Obama and Hilary to McCain and Palin, Giuliani to Edwards. The list goes on. Seeing as I don't have cable let alone HBO, I thought I'd get my hands on the book so I could really get into all the sordid details. And with an election swiftly approaching, there's nothing like some shocking insider tidbits to wet my appetite.
This is a middle grade novel, book 1 of an 8 book series, starring Artemis Fowl, an international criminal hailing from Ireland...who is about 11 years old. Artemis is from a criminal family and apparently undergoes a transformation from cold criminal to a more caring hero? I don't know. I haven't read it. But about a gagillion 10 year olds have and they love it so that says something, right?
Well, that's always next to my bed. I won't tell you how it ends.
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