An afternoon at the Library is a lovely thing, especially if the day is rainy and on the chilly side, as most of Alaska's summer has been this year. My youngest son, TJ, and I have made many trips this summer, it's a great bonding time for us and you can take something home for FREE!
In addition to checking out the limit of books and movies, we always take time to browse through the discarded books that are looking for good homes. Once they were all of the science fiction genre, another time they were cookbooks. Today most of the free books consisted of "more power to the women" books, not of much interest to my 17 year old tough guy. He did, however manage to find a book or two to add to his home library as did I (Sketches, by Washington Irving...YES!!!). TJ and I carried our treasure out to the car, stopped for pizza and ice cream (I only had one bite...honestly!), and then home to review our booty! There stuck between the cover of my hard back book and a video was a small paper back. "TJ," I say, "I think I have one of your books in my stack, it's called...." To my surprise I noticed the unmistakable logo of Harlequin on the top of the cover and a ooh-la-la picture of a passionately embracing couple! "TJ!" I call as I hold the book for his viewing, "I'm surprised you want to read The Spaniard and the Pregnancy Proposal (No lie! That was the name of the book!). "Mom," he coolly says, "That's YOUR book!" Well! I haven't read a Harlequin since high school! After all, I am an accomplished reader! I selected Washington Irving, not.....whoever it was that penned this little, dare I say it, trashy novel! As it turned out, I inadvertently picked up two other books that were in a stack that I had, I think, set MY stack on top of.
The dilemma here, as I see it, is what to do with the SPP book. I really hate throwing books away, but don't feel I can in good conscience send it to the good will with all the "good" books I have ready to donate, ...good taste and all that jazz... Hmmm. Well, until I decide I guess I'll just put it safely on my nightstand....Yawn! I think I'll take a little nap : )
