Okay, so I haven't been blogging many books this summer, for several reasons.
First, I've been in the process of finalizing a new new manuscript and revising an old new manuscript, so that hasn't left a lot of time for extra reading or time to go to the book store.
Second, we haven't actually been receiving many books, which we had attributed to the slow economy (i.e., we assumed that publishers weren't sending out review copies to the same extent as previously). Well. We just discovered that the post office has been holding incoming packages addressed to our PO Box without letting us know they were being held (No, we don't know why). Yesterday, we went to pick up our mail, and discovered three months worth of review copies. (That's six postal bins worth). Pretty much everything from review copies from publishers and copies from individual editors and individual authors since about the beginning of June...
Oh, and am I the only one disturbed that most of the objects at IKEA labeled "bookscases" are in fact designed to hold one's television?
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Oooo, no bad-talking Ikea bookcases. Billy bookshelves went with me from Texas to Illinois, from Illinois to Wisconsin. They were loaded and unloaded at night, in the pouring rain, in hail, and in snow (not all at once). They were manhandled and dragged by me into the house. They were loaded with literally thousands of books. And guess what? They are still nice and sturdy and they don't sag. so there!
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