I Sniff Books

Yesterday I scored a stack of old Landmark history books in great condition. I bought them from a lady who has even more books than I do. So jealous.  As soon as I got out to the car I smelled them. They had that  slightly musty-nobody has read them in 20 years because they've been in a box in the basement smell. I didn't hate it.  And new books smell equally as great- especially books with slick pages and brand new text books. I've stuck my nose, literally, into my books since I can remember....starting with the Scholastic Books that you order from that little sheet and your teacher hands them out in class when they finally come in. Oh yes!  First you get a good whiff and then you read. It's all part of the literary experience.

Yet another thing to keep me on the computer for hours

I got the most awesome birthday present ever yesterday. It can only be appreciated by other book-a-holics I suppose. My husband gave me a Flic. This is the most incredible thing and promises to suck up all my remaining awake hours. This little hand held device scans the barcodes of all the books in your library. You then plug it into your computer via a USB plug and it downloads all the information and imports the data from Library of Congress and Amazon and neatly puts it all into "your collection". There are tons of fields for each book including when and to whom you lend them. I'm LOVING it! I have a large library and you may not hear from me for months!! (Some one please come looking for me.)