Speaking of book clubs, I'm Skyping in to my first book club on Sunday night and I'm nervous but excited. I really hope it turns out to be light and fun and interesting rather than awkward and intrusive. I've never succesfully managed to be a member of a book club myself (as soon as I "have" to read something, I suddenly don't want to), but I can imagine that having the person who wrote the book turn up in one's midst could prove to be uncomfortable...as though you suddenly have to ask an insightful question, or pretend you actually liked it when you didn't, or say, actually read it all the way to the end instead of blowing it off to see the latest Star Trek movie (which, incidentally, was pretty enjoyable).
But I think it will be fun.
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The unpacking, cleaning, and other wrangling of our possessions continues, albeit it at a slower pace that I would prefer. There's just so much. And even if they are things we decide to get rid of, we (I?) still feel the need to clean them first.
The de-smokified books still smell a little bit smoky, a bit musty, with a sweeter overlay of some sort of cleaning product (or ozone? does that smell?). Basically, they smell a lot like library books now, which I think is okay. I like the smell of library books.
Some unpacked but totally disorganized books.
Looking at that wall of books makes me feel like we've made a lot of progress until I turn around and see all the packed boxes of books that are still remaining:
Boxes of books
In other news, my choir is doing a benefit concert for Head and Hands on June 9th, so there are a ton of upcoming rehearsals, which is wonderful except for all the unpacking it means I won't be doing.
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And in just a couple of weeks, I am heading to Winnipeg for an event at McNally Robinson with the lovely Charlene Diehl! Winnipeg, can we hang out??
3 comments:
Any chance you just have too many books? Is this possible?
Yes, a distinct possibility!!
I don't understand what that means...
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