BOOKS AS FRIENDS WHEN YOU’RE SICK by Pat L-S
February 27, 2010
I think I have the flu–I can hardly lift the coffee cup to my lips and last night I was so cold I actually wore gloves in bed. However, that doesn’t stop me from lifting the books I’m interested in reading. Forget aspirin, just give me a good book or two, or five.
What would I do without publisher galleys in my life especially when I’m sick. I lie in bed surrounded by upcoming books–new ones by Isabel Allende(May 2010), Oscar Hijuelos(June 2010) and Vendela Vida(July2010), and old ones that I never got around to reading including The Book Thief by Makus Zusak and The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist. Which to read first? I can almost enjoy being sick knowing that today I don’t have to make dinner, take the garbage to the dump or even cross country ski. I can read! Ahh the benefits of working at a bookstore and not feeling well.
Isabel Allende
Vendela Vida
Oscar Hijuelos
