Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Jonesing for Books

I'm book broke. There is no fundage in my coffers for new books and it's making me cranky. There are lonely books sitting in the Amazon warehouses just waiting to be adopted by me. My shopping cart is full. I feel the need, the need for new books.
What's a girl to do?
Also I'm on the outs with my local public library. They say I'm missing a book, THAT I NEVER CHECKED OUT. I'm a librarian, I know how the systems work. I also am very vigilant about any books that I check out. I've never heard nor seen this particular book, and will be forced to pay for it if I would like to continue using the library.
And there are holds waiting for me. ARGHHH!
The only hope on the horizon is the Scholastic Book Fair. I regularly run the whole shebang at my elementary school, and it's only a couple of weeks away.
Sure I'll buy a few books and maybe get a short term fix, but I'll also get my fix by selling all those books to the kids too.
I just love to unfasten those big metal book cases and swing them open and see all those fresh new Scholastic books. I'll set up all the Christmas books, the Junie B Jones multi-packs, and the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book display. There will be books for only $1 and maybe a few YA books for only $5.
I can't wait.
Until then I will keep filling my Amazon Shopping Cart and pretend that I'm just one-click away from the UPS man bringing me a giant heavy box filled with books.

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