For me, bookstores are as much fun as orlando vacations, but I haven’t had a chance to visit one in weeks, and my TBR (to-be-read) stack is dwindling. Sort of.
I mean, I have all but the first two Aurora Teagarden books left to read, but the problem here is that I’m leaving on Thursday, for vacation, and I can’t take someone else’s books with me. It’s just wrong.
I did find a Christopher Moore book I hadn’t read yet – it had somehow ended up beneath bed. So what book is it? The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove.
Now, normally I love Moore’s work. I mean, I want to BE Moore – well, with breasts – and finding one of his novels I hadn’t read lurking in my own house would be a boon.
Except…
Except I’m ready for crisp weather, and creepy stories. I want something like The Historian, but I’ll settle for something like Dracula or The Southern Vampire Mysteries. I want something long, mysterious, and satisfying. I want a novel I can sink into, that sets a tone so perfect that even if it happens to be sunny, I’ll feel like it’s not, and I’ll keep glancing behind me to see who’s there.
I want something as amazing as The Eight, or as chilling as Stephen King’s early work – although I prefer clown-free stories.
I want…shadows, and suspicion and surprises.
What do YOU want to read?
Tags: reading, what I want, what you want
Heh – Orlando Vacations. What I wouldn’t give to feel for Orlando as a tourist, rather than someone who lives here. :)
I do agree that bookstores are so much fun. Unfortunately my heavenly experience is usually cut short by a whiny toddler or an annoyed husband asking “Can we leave, yet?” Gah! I need a book buddy who will just go and enjoy being around books for an afternoon.
It’s hard to say what I want to read. Sometimes I just WANT to read, but have no idea what I am in the mood for.. so I just stare at my bookshelves and open a book, then close it and move on to another.