Shelley the STORYQUEEN had a great post up yesterday titled, On Suspending Disbelief (or Why I am Too Stupid to Drive)Well, after sitting at my computer for a few hours reading blogs and what-not, I decided to go to the bookstore. I usually shop on Amazon, but I figured it would be good to support my local Indie for a change.
Jordan has been addicted to Junie B Jones lately. I read it to her in bed at night and we laugh our heads off together. But it is getting to the point where I'm a afraid if I sit down to write, Junie's voice is going to come out.
So, I figured I'd get her a Judy Moody to try. I also wanted to pick up The Time Traveler's Wife for me because I have read great things about it.
Now, bookstores are my most favoritest place in the world. On account of nothing makes me in a happy mood like books. I love those guys!
So, I browsed for a while and then made my purchases.
Then I runned home to start reading.
When I got out of the car, there was a package waiting. It was from Amazon. I opened it up and there were the same two books I had just bought.
I did a big gulp.
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Seriously? That sounds just like something I would do!
(I usually use the excuse that it is because I am a writer and am never thinking about what I am actually doing. Instead, I am thinking about my book(s).)
Well, maybe you should read them twice.....so you don't forget!
Shelley
Lol, story of my life. :D I have too much going on in my head to keep track of things, so I have occurances like this on a daily basis.
Yep, story of my life too. The Time Traveler's Wife is the movie that's coming out soon, right? My mom read the book and loved it.
Classic!
ah i hate when that happens. Mine has to do with clothes. Buy a great black shirt - find one at home in my closet I like better than the new one. Ugh.
Do it all the time! I usually give the doubles away as gifts. That's not the same as re-gifting, is it????
That's funny, Corey. For me, that happens with movie rentals. I'll forget what's on my netflix list, and then run out on a whim to rent a movie only to receive it from netflix the next day!
Oh no that is so funny! I constantly do absent-minded stuff like that though, so I totally understand.
The Time Traveler's Wife is a great book - read it quick before the trailers for the movie spoils all the surprises!
Absolutely.
As for The Time Traveler's Wife, it's fantastic--Audrey Niffenegger is coming out with a second later this year and I am so, so excited.
I have a feeling it'll be an ever greater success.
Yup I always seem to be buying books that I already own :)
Cheers
I do that book thingie, too. I've got so many books in my to-read pile that I can't remember what's there.
I loved the Time Traveler's Wife, and I think I must re-read it before the film. I'm not sure how they are going to pull that off, really. It's told in such a non-linear way, sort of, well, out of time.
Ah, Junie B. is a great character. My daughter loves her and Judy Moody. There are so many of those books, who could keep track!
!!!!! I would so do that. Time travellers wife is such a lovely book. You'll enjoy that one.
Oh, Corey I am totally LMHO! Not only because I have bought myself the same book twice as well! But because I've been reading a lot of Junie B. to my little J and I relate to that voice! At least they were both paperback :)
Oh, I just did this and had to come back to tell you. I love Amazon and I love local bookstores, but why can't I recall what I order online! i think I order everything too quickly now to remember what I purchased.
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