"Books, the children of the brain." - Jonathan Swift

I openly admit that I am a book nerd.  I love books, I have several bookcases full of books.  They are all organized just so.  I can't get enough of them.  I get it from my dad.  My book nerdiness is now to the point that any time Jeopardy has a category based on books, I can usually run the boards on those (especially Newbery Medal books).

I am also one of those people that likes to KEEP their books.  Again a side-effect I think I directly got from my dad.  He starts asking a week after he lets me "borrow" a book to keep reminding me that it is his and will need to be returned.  I have tried the library, but it has on more than one occasion just broken my heart to have to return the perfect book.  My husband tries to make the argument that I will only read a book once.  After all these years together, he hasn't caught on to the fact that some of my books have such tattered bindings because of the number of times that I re-read all my books. 

Thanks to Borders filing for bankruptcy, my local Borders is being closed.  This means sale on books.  Which to me, is about as good as a sale on the perfect pair of pumps!  I went on Saturday morning to see what I could stock up on since the books were on sale. 

I had a basket full of books initially, but opted to pare that down since the sale wasn't as good as it could be yet.  As I was standing in line - which by the way, was about a mile long (glad to know I am not the only local book nerd!!!), I started talking with the guy in front of me and the guy behind me.  We talked for a while, since we were in line for over 30 minutes.  On several occasions, I noticed the guy in front of me scanning my book pile.  After a couple of times of him doing this, I looked down and realized what he must have been thinking.  In my hand I had the following books:

- Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (so I can return my borrowed copy that Wendy lent me)
- The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #1: Origins by L.J. Smith
- The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #2: Bloodlust by L.J. Smith
- Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History by David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan

After the third time of him looking at my stack of books, I finally said to him, "Yes I admit my reading choices, minus the Grateful Dead, are more akin to that of a teenage girl.  I accept and embrace that!"  He laughed and said he was in no place to judge, he just found my stack intriguing.