Things You Shouldn't Say In The Children's Section Of The Bookstore

What the hell. Even the very youngest readers know that sometimes, nothing but a curse word will do:

Shit. shitshitshit.

Remember that fancy foray through What The Book? gift card and all? 48 hours later, I'm smiting my forehead (making it rhyme with "horrid") and realizing that I left without the ONE book I went in there to get:

April 17 is my Bookleaves Book Club's 100th book/meeting, so to celebrate, we decided to each read a Newbery winner and discuss our choices. I was determined to finally read the Newbery winner of 1961, Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell. It's also celebrating an anniversary: it's been part of the select Newbery circle for 50 years now.

My forgetfulness two days ago seems to be part of a trend with this book. I looked for it at Gwanghwamun's Kyobo bookstore in March, but I remembered the title as Julie of the Wolves. Kyobo didn't have a copy. Veronica posted a Newbery Winners list on our Facebook page a few days after that. Ooops. Armed with the correct title, I made plans to pick it up when I went to Seoul again...and there you go. I don't see how I could have forgotten. I'm practically living and breathing Children's Literature this semester.

I could read a different Newbery winner, but now, nothing else will do. These glitches have made me wary. If I ask someone to send it to me, it's bound to get lost. The only thing that will do is that I must go and fetch it myself. There's a long subway ride in my very near future.