Once a year, whether we need to or not, we make a pilgrimage to a big-city bookstore. This time it was in Calgary. Our resulting stack (most of which is shown here) was about 16 inches tall and included some humour, some fluff, some sequels, some enticing new fiction and a bit of non-fiction for good measure.All the kids were thrilled with this bibliophilic visit, even after a long day of driving and violin-shopping. I loaded them up with decafs and they spent a blissful couple of hours browsing, as did I.
The cashier laughed when we went to pay ... partly I think at the size of our stack, but also at the eager faces of the four kids.
Oh, how I would have loved to be there with you!*Sigh* No big bookstores around here.
ReplyDeleteLooks like some wonderful choices! I hope you let us know about the favourites in the stack! :)
ReplyDeleteWe love doing the same thing...a visit to the big city bookstore. I get such a rush when I walk in the door! Looks like those will keep everyone busy reading, at least for a little while.
ReplyDeletewe make an annual pilgrimage to Calgary, too but we head for value village and the factory outlet stores for clothes...
ReplyDeleteLOL, Andrea, I think there's something weird with my priorities. We never clothes-shop (frequenting the local 'donation store' instead and otherwise subsisting on hand-me-downs) but we do manage to spend an inordinate amount of money on books. I justify it by reminding myself that we don't have a library here. Except the one in my living room, of course!
ReplyDeleteOhhh...is that a sequel to The Sea of Trolls? My kids loved that book.
ReplyDeleteAh, good eye, Carol. Yes indeed it is. I didn't know there was one out either. It took Erin about 30 seconds to find it at the bookstore.
ReplyDeleteOne of our favorite outing...although I think we probably get out a lot more LOL
ReplyDeleteNo library!!!! I'm not sure our family could live without a library! We are previleged enough to live right nextt door to the library and my kids start making daily trips independently around age 5. Most of the librarians know us well but for the few that don't they found it quite shocking to see someone who can barley reach the counter wanting to check out books!
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