Here We Go Again: Mondays after Vacations

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— Shelf Awareness (@ShelfAwareness) January 4, 2016

I'd rather be reading. Reentry - especially after such a fun weekend - is hard.

Quote of the Day - My Life as a Book

If my life were a book, I would have masking tape holding my hinges together. My pages would be loose, my edges tattered and my boards exposed, the front flyleaf torn and the leather mottled and moth-eaten. I’d have to take myself apart and put myself back together, as any good book restoration expert would do. …

[Say] I needed to get my life back on track. ... why not treat myself as I would a damaged book? Study the twists and turns and knots and smudges that had left me short-tempered and befuddled. And threadbare. Then I could dust off my pages, resew the torn folds, trim the frays and smooth out the dents. And be my happy self again. Trust me, nobody liked a grumpy bookbinder. [or a grumpy Auntie Nettie]

If Books Could Kill: A Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle
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FINALLY ...

My Monday can begin. After a half hour delay on the trains, standing cheek to jowl with the masses, and after fruitlessly searching four Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi* vending machines in the building, I resorted to going to the cafeteria. Now that I have my 44 oz. soda foundation Diet Pepsi and my Styrofoam bowl of Fruit Loops, I can start my day ... only an hour late.

(Hey, I'm working an event tonight at Practice, Practice, Practice! The hour this will be made up way after "office hours.")

*Umm .. Please, Mr. Vending Machine Filler Guy? Can we have less of the Gatrrrade junk and more Diet Pepsi so I can have that for a fallback when the smaller Coke machine runs out of my "medicine?"

'Kay? Thanks.