Saturday has always been a symbol of freedom in my mind, freedom from school, from work, from schedules. My ideal activity for a fun-filled Saturday is to walk into a bookstore and stay there all day, taking my time to search the shelves and pull out all the books that grab my interest. Then I'd sit down with some yummy pastry and a warm drink (or an iced drink if it's the summer, but since there's a blizzard outside as I write this, I'm all about the warm drink) and read through my finds.
That's the atmosphere I hope to achieve with this blog. I'm (obviously) not a professional book reviewer, but I love books and I love to share them with others. I get lost in the books I'm reading and I have to force myself to put them down and, you know, be a responsible adult.
Because of those responsibilties, I don't have the luxury of going out and getting all the new books I want to read. (This takes incredible restraint on my part, because when I hear about a new book I want to read it NOW NOW NOW!) So I rely heavily on my local library system. As a result, the books I review probably won't be the newest releases. But I compulsively check the library's catalog to figure out if any books on my must-read list are being ordered, and if so, I am quick to put those books on hold. So I'm crossing my fingers that there's not a huge lapse between release date and when I get the books. But there are so many good books out there that I'm never lacking an incredibly long list of books to read. I
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