- Let’s talk about my Blind Date with a Book book.
- Our librarians gave me a book about … Librarians.
- I mean, of course they did, right?
- I’m giving them a hard time right now, in case it’s subtle.
- I mean, the characters are called “librarians,” but it is very much a Gaiman-esque sort of story so far, and I’ve never heard of the author or the book.
- The first paragraph was spectacular.
- I’ll tell you what it is later, after I’ve read it.
- I want to know who picked this out, and how they found it.
- It’s like six years old!
- But that’s the thing about a good book, right?
- It’s not like an old TV show that gets dated (Helllo, Friends).
- A good book is a good book forever, whereas the tv show just isn’t there for you in the same way when you revisit.
- You can never go back to TV, but you can go back to a book.
- If you didn’t do Blind Date with a Book, you’re missing out.
- And I’m rubbing it in.
- ‘Cause you could’ve signed up.
- And there were fancy chocolates involved.
- That I already ate.
- Nyah.
- Anyway, thanks librarians. (Sincerely. No hard time intended.)
- I came across this last week, and thought it was funny, if you haven’t seen it already.
- “1:30 p.m. Find list of the most offensive books in print and order them all with your tax dollars.” Hahahaha.
- (And that is as close to political as I will ever be in this place.)
- If you’re still sleeping on McSweeney’s, you’re missing out.
- (Some of it is NSFW, mind you, so read it on your phone on your lunch hour. Or after work with vino. Not the article I linked, obvs.)
- I need to make better use of libraries.
- Once I could afford to buy books, I started doing that. Because when I find one I love, I need to have it accessible whenever the want arises. I needs it, the precious.
- And then I got a Kindle.
- I still buy paper books, hardbacks, of my favorite authors.
- I have a whole hardback run of The Dresden Files, for instance.
- (I’ve said as much at least a dozen times in these lists since we started.)
- But mostly I read on my Kindle.
- Counting samples, there are 961 books on there.
- I don’t know how many of those I’ve read.
- Not 961, obviously.
- I may have a problem.
- Next up, after my Blind Date with a Book, I’m reading The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake.
- Well, I mean, I’m starting it.
- If I don’t like it, I’ll bail.
- Life’s too short to read books that don’t hook you.
- I wonder how many times the author rewrote the opening paragraph to my Blind Date Book.
- I just reread the first paragraph to my book, and thought, “Man. I have to rewrite that.”
- So I just did. Real quick, knowing full well I’ll have to do it again later anyway.
- “Second stood across the street from the House she planned to break into, and glared at it. Her sister, First, had gone into the House yesterday, and hadn’t returned. Yet. Second looked at her watch, checked the time, forgot what time she’d just seen, and turned her attention back to the House. Capital H.”
- That’s it. That’s the newly rewritten first paragraph to my book.
- Maybe someday, it’ll be someone’s Blind Date book.
- How cool would that be?
- You guys have a weekend.
Gotta Keep Your Eye On Those Librarians
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