Today was a scorcher,
or as the Fonz would,
have said,
scorcherino:-)
Forgive the seventies flashback, please:-)
I took the metro,
to the library,
not too busy,
a pretty sunny day,
and the last of,
the long weekend.
The metro felt like, I would imagine a Turkish bath to be like, never been to Turkey or a Turkish bath, but, my body thinks, sweltering, hot and sticky.
The library was cool,
the magic of,
air conditioning,
Hallelujah!!
I took out,
a few Donna Leon books,
for mom,
she loves those,
set in,
Venice,
mysteries,
and I got myself some,
Ivan Coyote,
I’m crushing on her,
stuff,
bad.
I read her,
as a strong butch voice,
since we are,
of similar age,
it really speaks to me.
I was lucky to find,
two of her story collections,
I haven’t read,
Missing Her,
and,
The Slow Fix.
Coyote has this,
strange effect on me,
she makes me want to be,
a better writer,
or give up,
writing,
this effect is,
sometimes,
simultaneous,
Hmmm,
food for thought:-)
As I was heading out,
of the library,
I spotted these,
used book seller,
stalls,
and I can’t help,
myself,
when I see such things,
I gotta look,
it’s a disease.
I’m glad I stopped,
I picked up,
three books for two bucks.
Tom Brown’s School Days,
a sort of ratty copy,
of this children’s classic,
it’s a title that has,
intrigued me for years.
This copy,
has a name,
on the first page,
James C McGill,
July 3rd 1919,
I just had to rescue it,
from oblivion,
for James’ sake.
Another book,
was one of those,
college course type books,
Nine Modern Classics: An Anthology of Short Novels.
It includes,
Tolstoy,
Dostoevsky,
Conrad,
Kafka,
and,
Faulkner,
a good book to have.
To hold or sell,
should I choose to sell,
it’s a no brainer,
I’ll get my two bucks back,
just for that book,
but,
I didn’t buy it,
with that intention,
I’ve never read,
Kafka or Conrad,
and I figured,
this way,
I can try both.
The book that really excited,
my imagination,
was a pristine,
hardcover,
first edition,
of,
Our Lady Of The Lost And Found,
by Diane Schoemperlen.
Ms Schoemperlen,
is a fine,
Canadian Writer.
This novel,
won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction.
The GG’s as they are now,
often called,
are probably and arguably,
Canada’s most prestigious,
Literary Prizes.
I read this book,
a few years ago,
it was published,
in 2001.
It is a book,
of maturity,
originality,
and tongue in cheek humour.
A must read,
in my opinion.
Since, reading it,
I have bought all,
of the lady’s books,
new,
and in hardcover,
I don’t do that with,
many authors,
pretty much,
John Irving,
and,
Diane Schoemperlen.
She deserves to be read.
I’m going to re-read it soon,
and tell you,
what I think,
it left quite an impresion,
let’s hope,
it sticks:-)
Well it’s late,
I better get some sleep,
while it’s cooler,
Later girls,
BB