this is not a review.

The bookstore has been dead quiet today. Strike one: It's Monday. Strike Two: It's rainy. Strike Three: All the blossoms have gone from our mums. Maybe the rain will inspire them to be flowers again instead of boring green plants.

In the absence of customers, I ignored my other responsibilites and read all afternoon. I've just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Oh. My. Goodness! This book was like a visit from the Easter Bunny. I laughed out loud multiple times throughout the book because it is so witty and charming. I fell in love with every single character. Truly. In love.

I've been writing reviews for the store's website, but I'm so excited by how much I enjoyed this one that I'm afraid to write anything. I'll look like a fool who has fallen in love with the book everyone has fallen in love with lately. I want to at least have the mystique of being a discerning and thoughtful reader...even if the actuality is that books just fall into my lap and I seem to confuse them with kittens: Aren't they all lovely? Well, of course they're not. I've read awful books. And I don't write about those either.

just say yes, you fool!

I usually don't put videos and such on my blog, but I loved this and am making an exception.



Also... I got my new laptop today! Yay! My trusty old laptop had become not so trusty anymore. I did love it so.

which one is "the" lace reader though?

I put up a review of The Lace Reader on the store's website earlier today. I finished it last night at the store. At 6 o'clock it was time to close up and I still had about 10 pages left, so I turned off the lights, locked the door and hid in the office to finish it.

Our first few days have been slow, but today I went around to some of the other businesses closeby and passed out buiness cards. And I posted my first (I think) MySpace bulletin. Sara says I'm "networking." I feel more like I'm begging. But that hasn't stopped me yet!

It was so exciting for me to actually finish a book! I've been so busy lately that I've barely read at all.

bookstore camp.

My store was open today. We only told a handful of people and haven't even made our sign yet. This was like a practice day. Sort of like band camp. We did the equivalent of marching around on a football field to get the motions and the beat in sync while some loved ones watched from the bleechers. I'm exhausted. Physically and emotionally.

I haven't had much time to read lately, which is unfortunate given my immense amount of time in such close proximity to books...and that it's only a matter of time before people start expecting me to have read something sometime. I did start reading an advance copy of The Lace Reader, but since the book was released this week, the "advance" part is rather moot. Still, I'm enjoying it so far and am planning on getting it for my store. I just need to get on the ball and stay ahead of the curve or I'm going to be constantly playing catch up all the time.