more books

mph book sale at expo a far sight better than the one i went to last week, the trip improved first and foremost by having a fellow reader (su-lin) along (also called yen, who didn't pick up her phone (me: maybe she's at work; su-lin: but that's the only time she gets her calls (OWTTE))). afternoon began with brief detour for coffee and trudging through endless hallways searching for an atm (sign on door: CASH TERMS ONLY; CASH TERMS in my pocket: $6.65), but that over and done with, the book-buying began in earnest. the exhibition hall being something of a melee, two was definitely better than one in terms of back-watching and noticing things left behind in the heat of battle. pratchetts again notoriously hard to find. minor tiff over who was to get wyrd sisters and much despair over being unable to relocate a left-behind copy of the truth. confessed to su-lin that if we found a copy of something rotten, i would have to fight her for it - as it is, managed to get through the day without any bruises, dismemberments or defenestrations, so that was a good thing. non-fiction not worth speaking of. children's section very inadequate, containing mostly tv show novelisations and sweet valley high.

after several hours, emerged with only 6 books (remarkable restraint, now that i think about it; i have a feeling that some of my stuff was stolen from our box, although thankfully not the horizontal instrument which i pulled from between a couple of unassuming romances with surprise and glee) and lumbago. su-lin much more succesful (or prodigal), despite her assertion that she will not be able to read at all for the next five weeks (yah, right). but yes, it was fun, and next time more people should join us (cp could not because he had to spring clean, something which amused me greatly because it was a very me excuse - and no, we found neither the graves nor the yolen, sorry).

Currently reading:
The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy. Is this a very girly book to be reading? Or just a trashy one? I fear it's both - but whatever.