Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for March 21, 2022

Maybe they have comic books inside for Jimbo to pass some time with.

And as the Page turns on the life of the Gumbo’s family. A new chapter will begin.

Never hurry a female browser period

It doesn’t take me all that long

I have a little stack of 3×5 cards with the titles of the books I’m looking for, I know what authors I want and check the cards if needed

I tell myself to stick to the list and nothing else, mostly I do

Love ‘em (books) and leave ’em at the library. A lot of pleasure without affecting the budget. Plus, InterLibrary Loan, and digital recordings expand one’s possibilities.

Huh. Most fiction nowadays can be read thus: first chapter, skim for dialogue, last chapter. . .the . . .uh, stuff. . . Amazon “recommends” to me isn’t even worth skimming the dialogue. . .

Same as a comic browser…

..because if you do, they will buy it to read at home. If you don’t, it might stay in the bookstore.

Cool name for a bookstore, too!

Back in the normal times – our normal Friday night entertainment after dinner out was to go to Barnes & Nobles and walk around for the evening. In the more recent times that were still normal we would go to a different B&N on Saturday night between dinner out (again) and going to the movies for our weekly Saturday night date.