Saturday, April 02, 2011

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.

5 comments:

A Library Girl said...

Maybe some part of you doesn't really want to read it and is making you forget it?

Heather said...

Days like that just drive me nuts. I have a copy of the book, but I can't imagine it would get anywhere near you by the time you need to have it read.

Unruly Reader said...

Sounds like my life some days. But probably something delightful will happen to you on the day you expressly visit the bookstore to pick up that ding-dang book. At least, here's hoping --

ambearo said...

I LOVE ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS!!!!! That is all. Wish I could be there for the 100th meeting!

Care said...

Wasn't Brook Shields in the movie?! THAT is what I remember...