rather a lot of books

[rivendellrose]

I went out shopping for books for my trip this weekend (last night to Elliot Bay Book Company, and today to Half Price Books), and... I think I may have slightly over done it? I have this thing where I sort of get out of control with books. It's like any other addiction - if you allow yourself to take even one drink (or, in my case, buy one book)... it just leads to going nuts and overdoing it. Sooo... I'm a lot more poor, but I have a lot of awesome books. Yay.

I'm also having occasional teensy-tiny little nervous breakdowns about OMG LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY. Well. Technically, going to LA on Wednesday night, and then omg leaving-for-real on Thursday morning. But still. Same diff, in a general sense. Either way, it's all very suddenly immediate and I'm only freaking out a tiny bit, really, of course. Really. Hah.

Expect a near-constant state of panic between now and Thursday. And then silence, hopefully followed by a triumphant "News From Tokyo!" kind of post on Friday night. Well... assuming the hostel really does have Wifi. If not, the triumphant post might have to wait until I can find a local internet cafe. :D

But that's not yet. Not until Friday. Until then.... yeah. Until then, it's all over but two more days of work, and a lot of packing and panicking and general fuss and worry. Wheeeeee.

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I tend to bring a small library of paperbacks with me when I travel, on the theory that at least one will turn out not to be good, and that I'll get into moods where some of them will not be anything I want to read (I tend to read several books at a time, so I have to have the opportunity to switch gears, especially on long trips).

Good luck with the new Wheel of Time! I've heard good things from friends about the guy they've got finishing them. I hope you'll post what you think? I've been avoiding them on the principle that I try to stay away from unfinished series that look like they might not ever end, but if the last few turn out to be generally considered worthwhile, I might have to drag myself through the whole thing. ;)

For me, my 'monster-sized' book this trip will be Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I've been putting that one off a long time, and a 12+ hr flight seems like the perfect time to take it up.

Thank you! I hope you do, too!