A Quote

From my favourite book ever, The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. This is not my favourite part, just kind of a random part that I thought was funny.

"I'm not coming to get you, do you understand? Go down to the taxi-park. Get a cab and come here. If you're not here in ten minutes I'll worry. Jane?"

"Yes?"

"Can you do it?"

"Clovis! Oh, Clovis, black water's coming out of my eyes!"

"Your mascara is running."

"Oh - yes. I forgot I had any on." I laughed.

"Pull yourself together and get a taxi," he said.

My New Library

Just when I thought we were done with the library, I discover I have more books then bookshelves. So I was back at Canadian Tire tonight to pick up another bookcase. This should be it! Here's my before and after pics.

The before pic on the left shows the white stripe where the chair rail used to be, the white stripe near the ceiling where it used to have a baby Mickey border, but it doesn't quite portray the blinding brightness of the yellow.


The after pic on the right shows the new "creamy orange" colour, the new lamps and the new bookcases. I'm a happy camper right now.

Awesome Used-Book Store

Just want to give a shout-out to the Seaside Book and Stamp used bookstore that I visited while in Halifax (actually the store is in Dartmouth). This store carries only science-fiction/fantasy second-hand books, so it's the best place for me to shop. I don't have to wade through the romance novels and other fluff to get to the ones I'm interested in. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. Visit them online if you are not in the area.

They also have a huge stamp selection. ( Not the kind for scrapbooking, the postage stamp collecting kind ). Whenever I go in there are 3 or 4 people sitting at the tables looking at stamps, or cataloging them, or something. I'm just not sure what you do with stamps all day long.

My First Love

I love books. I love reading. I have as far back as I can remember. I always had a bedtime story read to me. After that, my mom starting me on the Nancy Drew books. We read the first 2 together, but after that there was no stopping me. Mom bought me every single Nancy Drew book (Thanks Mom). My babysitters now joke I was an angel to sit because I was really quiet after going to bed, until they discovered I had a flashlight under the covers, reading a book.

I went to a very small school in elementary. We had one stand of books we could borrow from. After I had read them all, the teacher asked for funding for more books.

Books were always sacred for me. I never, ever bent the corners to mark my place. I didn't get them wet, or dirty. I didn't lose them. Each book held a story, an alternate universe, and characters, people with feelings and fears. They deserved to be treated with care.

It's just now that I'm starting to understand. When I'm reading about another time, another place, I can forget my life for a moment. I can slip into the fantasy world, and my problems and hurt feelings and frustration and anger and disappointments are put aside, at least for awhile.

Sometime in junior high I stumbled onto my first Tanith Lee book, I think it was "East of Midnight". It had sheep with fangs on the back cover. I haven't read it since, but I remember it as melancholy and meandering. I totally loved it. I think that's what started me on fantasy and science fiction books. The normal rules don't apply. Sheep can have fangs.

Tanith Lee has been my favourite author ever since. My absolute favourite book is "The Silver Metal Lover." It is the saddest story, and that is why I love it. Life does not always have happy endings, so why should the stories and characters I read about have happy endings?

Well, I am going to go read my bedtime story and go to sleep now...