Book appreciation – House of Leaves

Crystal is rereading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. This, contrary to my post history, is my absolute favourite book. Ever.

You have to start your admiration of it by the cover. You simply cannot judge this book by the cover. You can’t even read reviews if it on the internet. You have to just dive in yourself. Period.

It’s it horror? Mystery? A love story? It simply is what you think it is.

For me, it’s all the above. For me, it is a horror. It is a mystery. It’s also a love story. It’s an entire world between a cover.

Have you read this hefty tome? What did you think of it?

April Book Haul

Well, hello fellow book nerds! How’s everyone doing on this fine Sunday? Me, well I’m doing just fine. I went to BiggerTown yesterday, and stopped at Value Village. I looked around their housewares section, and then I popped over to their (by local second hand stores) huge book area.

I managed to find more Stephen King books (which Crystal says I have to start reading), and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. My Twilight collection is almost complete!

Once I got home, and started to organize the books, I found that I now have 2 copies of The Dead Zone. Ugh! I’ll have to take that to the second hand store later. And I’ll have to make a note of what books I already have.

But for now, I’m doing good in The Flat. Have a great Sunday, book nerds!

Show me your bookcase(s)

So I just had to get out of Shady Acres for a while. I was going stir crazy. My mom yelled at my gramma because she’s not walking. She’ll get up in the morning, walk to the kitchen. Make breakfast. Sit for 2 hours playing in her iPad. Get up, and then walk to the living and sit there for hours. She puts all her weight on her walker. She has no balance. So today, she listened to my mom when she said if you don’t walk, you get a wheel chair, and if you get a wheel chair, you have to go into a home because I cannot lift you. So my gramma walked today. Well more like pacing. She’s get up from the kitchen, walk to stand behind my seat. Stand there for two minutes and talk back into the kitchen. By the time they left today, my anxiety level was through the roof.

So I drove down to The Flat. I have a couple of sweaters in the washer. It’s not that I don’t trust my mom, but she doesn’t wash in cold water, which is what the sweaters need to be washed in. As far as she’s concerned, the dryer has one setting – perma press. I’m pretty sure she shrunk my work sweatshirt. It was small to begin with on me.

But I digress.

Anyways, the reason for this post BOOKCASES! As most of you know, I’m 99% of the way moved into The Flat. I wanna show you my bookcases, in hopes you’ll share some of yours with me!

The Flat came with a built in, which by the way is totes full, and my mom donated my grammas bookcase, which is almost full. My gramma donated my grandfathers collection of Zane Grey novels (not gonna do a book haul on those!), so they’re on display. When I’m fully moved in, I’ll organize the books to my liking. But for now, here ya go!!

Last book haul before moving

First things first – I’m terribly sorry about the complete lack of bookish posts here. I’ve been working my way through the full series of Downton Abbey. And preparing to move. I’ll be moving in about 2 weeks.

But I did go into SlightlyBiggerTown today, just to get some odds and ends for The Flat. With that, I visited the second hand store, and hit the motherload. 3 Stephen King books in one place!

And, just so you know, they’re already packed. I think I’ll need one or two boxes more and I’ll have all my books packed. Crazy, since when I got here in June, I only had 7 books.

Until next time, book nerds!

Lockup Library – retail therapy edition

Yesterday, I had a lot nervous energy. We were closed, so I told NewGirl I was going for a walk.

And walk I did.

Right to the second hand store that just opened again. After a twenty minute wait, I went right the the book section. Within seconds, I had a couple of books. The Twilight actually has the Life and Death novel where it’s gender changed. New Moon – just because. And the 50 Shades? Why not? Might as well have the crappy fanfic of the Saga.

Don’t you judge me… 💀

I’ll admit, I felt better afterwards. I really did. And the best thing, all for $5

They’re already in the bookcase.

Question: should I take my grammas Louis L’Amour books? She’s offered them for me to read. Who knows, maybe I’ll be in the mood for a good western novel. They used to be my grandfathers.

Until next time, book nerds!