Today was my day volunteering at the library bookstore. I think I freak out the other women who volunteer at the there by liking weird things like graphic novels, science fiction, and Gone Girl. "Wasn't that really dark?" was asked in a very confused voice. I brought in two boxes of books to donate and came home with three new books bought at the bookstore and one borrowed library book. My goal is to at least get rid of more books than I bring into the house.

My library has a very small science fiction/fantasy section (it's a small library in general), and they frequently cull books and send them down to the library bookstore. So, today I was shelving books by William Gibson and Neil Gaiman, and it made me sad that these would no longer be on the library shelves.

signs you are a book person.

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I'm listening to Breakfast of Champions—it is a delight to hear Stanley Tucci say the word "asshole" so many times—and I'm 2/3 of the way through, and what I thought was a thin layer of metafiction just became a thicker layer, and it's changing my perception of what this book is actually about. Well, I've been trying to figure out what the hell this book is actually about the whole time, since it's not really about having a plot. It's pretty hilarious, though.

Amy! Eugene won the Andre Norton Award at the Nebulas!!!

Fair Coin is a great book. I am so excited it won. The Norton list was incredible this year.

Oh yay!! I met him and bought it on Friday!

YAY!!! He's absolutely fabulous.

That's great! And it reminds me I still want to read it.

YAY!!! He's absolutely fabulous.

He retweeted my submission guidelines for my SFF Theater Pub, so I wanted to repay the support. Also the book sounds awesome.

I finished my library book just as The FitzOsbornes In Exile arrived! It was like magic.

I finished my library book just as The FitzOsbornes In Exile arrived! It was like magic.

Yay for the FitzOsbornes! I may need to reread those: they are rapidly becoming real comfort reads to me.