Books Have I

[jookitcz]

I miss childhood, when the number of books I checked out from the library was limited by what I had not read, and not how many my spindly arms would hold.  My sturdy young limbs could overflow with children's paperbacks without giving me pause.  Not that I was every sturdy, but that just makes it more of a point.  What with my penchant for shiny hardcovers, I've found that my limit for checking out books has stopped at nine.  And nine is where my arms very much hurt.

I might be able to squeeze in a tenth.  Eight would definitely be more comfortable.  But nine is what I allowed myself today.  And they are:

Iron Council, China Mieville
Charnel Prince, J. Gregory Keyes
Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Parable of the Talents, Octavia Butler
Fiction Dictionary, Laurie Henry
Outwitting Writer's Block, Jenna Glatzer
Enchantment, Orson Scott Card
The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
Shadow & Claw, Gene Wolfe

And now, I have words to wrangle.