Book & Lover's Day

Stack of Books
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Today is Book and Lover's Day. A rose for love and a book forever! Tattered Cover gives out roses when you buy a book today.

I went with Girlzoot and Shadowowl to the new Tattered Cover on Colfax and we spend several pleasant hours browsing in the books and gathering treasures.

The top book, Kushiel's Dart, is going to be the first book in our new book club. I started reading the book that jumped into my basket first, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson wrote the chilling and very memorable "The Lottery". This story is set in the same village.

I try to make my major book purchase on Book & Lover's Day. I spread my choices out over different genres and types of books, poetry, classics, short stories, contemporary and writing. I missed out on my writing book by Joyce Carol Oates, but I found a short stories book by her which evened out.

So I expect to spend many more pleasant hours reading and enjoying my new books. Happy Book & Lover's Day!