Getting Lucky

at the library today

So I was reading the new David Baldacci, but I kept thinking it was a John Grisham; either way, it’s one of the better books I’ve read in a long while.

The book is called A Calamity of Souls.

I got halfway through the book when it became due. Since it was a “Lucky Day” book, I could not renew it and had to return it to the library. Now, if it had been mediocre, I might have left it at that, but it was excellent, so I wanted to finish it right away.

We were going camping, and I had snapped up a copy of Stephen King’s book, “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”***, and I also had a Michael Connelly Bosch, called “The Overlook”, so I resigned myself to take those books on my trek.

Fortunately, On Writing’ turned out to be fantastic, and Connelly rarely disappoints, so I had my fact and fiction squared away for the duration.

On returning home, I went to the library to return the Stephen King (I owned the Bosch), and to my delight, there was a copy of A Calamity of Souls, just waiting on the shelf for me.

You see, there were so many holds on the book when I tried to check it out again that the library would not allow another hold, so it could be weeks before I was able to finish it, and on my trip to Barnes & Noble, I realized it was not yet out in paperback, and the hardcover was $30.

And not only was I able to check it out again, but Goodreads had my placemark at page 219, and the audio section at the local library also had the recording, “Jasmine”, by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, one of my faves.

So I was reluctant to put the Bosch down at 50% read, but opted to hold it for later, since I own the Connelly, but I only have the Baldacci for another three weeks, and I want to finish it while I can.

So I was feeling kind of lucky.