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03/09/2007: "Back to Books"
listening to: FM 90.7 -- Andrews University -- Classical
After work, Heather and Katelyn picked me up for a little bit of time on the town tonight. While Heather had her nails done at the mall, Katelyn and I spent some time running around and looking at everything. I don’t get to go to the mall that often, so it’s always a treat to have some different stimuli.
I spent my usual time going through book stores and CD stores building up my latest wish lists. I used to have a large collection of books, and I miss them sometimes! Before we moved to Michigan, my books could fill two bookshelves as tall as myself.
The mall put in a toy railroad that you can activate for twenty-five cents per minute. Katelyn and I watched the little miniature Amtrak train go around a few times. She recognized the toy Amtrak as the train that passes our own house twice per day.
There is a discount bookstore at the mall that specializes in not-so best sellers and surplus items. Today they had a Buy One Get One Free sale, and it was simply too much for me to pass up. Discounted books, two for one? I could not pass it up.
I picked up two science fiction short story anthologies: Northern Stars and Northern Suns, both compilations of Canadian-based writers. Two sizeable books for just over $3 total!
Are these the start of a brand new collection? A lot depends upon Heather being able to keep me away from used book stores. If there are any in the area, I would like to check them out.