Aside from Ikea, and the yarn store, Barnes & Nobel is my favorite store ever. Because I love it so much, it’s not uncommon for me to go there more than once a week. Here’s this week’s acquisitions, to give you and idea of the diversity of my reading materials.
- Cast On Magazine – I’m not really sure why I get this one, since I never, ever want to make any of the patterns. But, there is usually an article or two worth reading. (Knitting)
- Ellery Queen Magazine – More for my Mom, as she was going on a mid-week vacation by train. But, I’ll read it cover-to-cover when she gets back. (Mystery)
- Analog: Science Fiction and Fact - Who doesn’t love a little science fiction?
- Simple Knits for Little Cherubs by Erica Knight. I didn’t have any patterns for children, and this was finally 30% off. (knitting)
- Metamorphoses by Ovid – I’ve been meaning to get this book for awhile, but today was the first time I’d seen the translation I’d been recommended, so I snapped it up (myth)
The oddest thing about these recent book trips isn’t that there are three magazines. It’s that I didn’t pick up any fiction books. I did see some I wanted (anything by Philipa Greggory), and some I’d been meaning to pick up (Catch 22, Brave New World, Dune), but it’s so hard to buy a novel without You there to egg me on.
Besides, my current reading pile is nine novels, four compilations nine anthologies and five text books, and four library books thick. I’m sure I can find something to read until next payday.
Metamorphoses is great. i read it in highschool in my latin class, in latin, and then i read the translated version my first year of college.
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