In the Beginning

I have decided to embark on a new adventure. Being an enthusiastic and voracious reader I don't know why it didn't seriously occur to me before today. I am going to read, book by book, my city library's shelves. Admittedly, it is not a large library, but it is definitely larger than my purchasing budget.

I was at the library today with four of my five and as I was looking for a few books with familiar authorship, and finding few I hadn't read, it occurred to me that I was neglecting the opportunity in front of me whilst I was lamenting the library's lack. That was a terribly run on sentence I know, but I thought it made for great high melodrama. I was tempted to use dearth in place of lack, but didn't want to use my complete vocabulary in one go.

I am going to go alphabetically with at least two from the fiction, non-fiction and teen sections. I am also picking up a few books that I am actually looking for and one or two from the juvenile section. I do enjoy the younger books, some because they are books of my youth, some just because, but the main reason for choosing them is to find books for my kids.

Two-fifths of the kids are 12 and 8 and read much higher than their ages. Finding books that are interesting, enjoyable and don't have sexual content that is inappropriate to their ages can be challenging. It's easier for the 8 year old, somewhat more difficult for the 12 year old.

The books I got today, by category, are:

Fiction
- Panic A Novel by Jeff Abbott check
- Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott check

Non-Fiction, Biographies
- A Real Boy A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention, and Recovery by Christina Adams check
- The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant

Teen
- Grimpow The Invisible Road by Rafael Abalos check
- Firegirl by Tony Abbott check

Just Because
- Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich   check
- Wife for Hire "      "       "         check
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova   check
- "B" is for Burgler by Sue Grafton check
- "C" is for Corpse "     "       "        check
- "D" is for Deadbeat  "   "     "       check
- Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart  check

My favorite quote of the day, "Man, Babe, you are all things corny." (My husband to me in response to my library/new blog news. It's my favorite because it's true. ;)