In which I buy a lot of books...

Last President's Day (otherwise known as the holiday that everyone loves, but no one celebrates) I made the trek all the way to Portland to use my Christmas gift cards at this place called Bull Moose. I know, it sounds totally awesome, right? It actually is. It's this super hip music store that has not only used CD's and records, but new and used books. They even have VHS tapes. For $.30 a pop. I bought Pretty Woman and The Wedding Planner and A Knight's Tale. Because I'm the kind of person who still has a VHS player.

I also bought books. Glorious books. Books like The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. People raved about this one so much that I bought it without even reading the back. Because Will Grayson, Will Grayson was so freaking fabulous that I knew anything John Green wrote would be equally fabulous. I also bought Beautiful Chaos, which I have been itching for for months. And After Obsession by Carrie Jones and Steven Wendel. I've met Carrie before and her style of writing is just so cute and funny, I wanted to see what something darker might be like. There's Divergent by Veronica Roth, which I have heard nothing but good things about, Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare, which people on twitter begged me to read, A Million Suns by Beth Revis, which I have also been waiting on pins and needles for, Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, which I've also heard awesome things about, Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey, which I have also been waiting for forever, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins to get a little contemp in there, and The Book of the Bizarre, which just looked awesome.

I bought another book at Wal-Mart. The very last copy of Switched by Amanda Hocking. It was kind of a weird moment for me. I've been following her since August of 2010, before she blew up. Before she had a $2 million book deal. Back then she had made enough money to quit her job, but she was still struggling. And I distinctly remember that she said one of the downsides of being an indie was that people couldn't buy her book at Wal-Mart. Now she's come full circle, and it's just so astonishing and inspiring to see. Maybe that will be me one day.

And finally, I caved and bought a bunch of ebooks last week. Including: Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L Bryan, In His Eyes (an anthology featuring Fisher Amelie, Ali Cross and RaShelle Workman, among others), Gravity by M. Leighton, Winnemucca by Laura Elliot and Awake by Jessica Grey.

So really, my TBR pile just got deeper. I would love to shovel all of these books into my brain, but it is not possible. I'll get to them. Eventually.