To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. October 20, 2007
Have I told you lately how I love you, library? You bring me so much joy. I particularly love you on the third Saturday of every third month. Why? It’s book sale time, and on Saturdays everything is half price. Oh, yes.
Today I gave you eighteen dollars and you gave me:
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
A Live Coal in the Sea by Madeleine L’Engle
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
An Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska, both by John Green
Yes, library, I love you so much. Buying ten books for eighteen dollars is a great way to make yourself feel better after a hard week. Thank you, library. Thank you for being you.
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Oh, A Live Coal in the Sea! Love!
Ooooh, I love so many of those books! Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – sooo good! I need to find out if my library has book sales.