Today I received my copy of Meljean Brook's Demon Angel in the mail after winning a copy in Brook's online contest. Seeing the package I immediately tear into it and flip the pages - hey, there's an inscription!
Oh. My. God!!
It's to me and it mentions my bookcases and it's signed by Meljean!
So I'm stoked and even though I have Anne Stuart's book to read I flip to the first page and then stop.
Uh-oh. Just discovered a new quirk.
I mean, the book is special because Meljean wrote to me in the book and well, I'm brutal with books!
Crack the spine?
You bet!
Carry a book around every where I go and get schmutz on it?
Yep.
I can't do that to this book!!!
And breathe.
So I run out the door and head to the bookstore to buy a readable copy of Demon's Angel.
Shut up.
I pick the book up and then have that moment where I wonder if Meljean would be mad that I won a free copy and then went and bought a copy of the book also. Huh. So I put the book back and buy something for my mom cause it's her birthday.
See? I'm not completely selfish.
Onwards!
Here's the acid test. I decide to run my problem by Bob because that man can give me the honest when I would rather have my head in the sand.
Bob gets home and I show him the book but he's distracted and is all, uh huh, yep, okay - until I read the inscription.
'Did she just mention the bookcases I built!?'
'Yep'
'You can't read that book! You need to buy another copy to read!'
'I know!'
*sigh*
Isn't it great to have a significant other who understands your crazy ways.
So I'm going back to the bookstore and buying a copy I can crack the spine on and carry around with me in the car (which is normally where books go to get slaughtered by fierce braking and flying debris - gah, not to mention the odd drive-thru pop that's overfilled and oozing out the top and they didn't put a frickin' napkin in the bag and you make that sharp turn only to notice out the corner of your eye that the fluid is now flying across the seat where your purse, book and brand new cell phone are....uh, I'm done).
So there you have it.All an author has to do is write my name in a book and mention my bookcases and the book will be put in a special shrine.
Or as we like to call it - The Corner Shelf!
This one's for you Meljean!
Edited to Add: You should be able to click on the pictures to get them to blow up to the size of your screen.
13 comments:
Oh no!! The corner got dinged in the mail!!
...shelves...so...pretty... *envious drool* I have my copy on top of my printer, and that thing is already broken up and smashed and bent. And you should totally crack that spine, baby.
But the real question is: how on earth did you read my godawful handwriting? I totally ran out of room on that page.
LOL!! I know exactly how you feel! I have a couple of books that loved authors sent me that are personalized and I can't 'break' them either so I have my reading copy and my 'trophy' copy.
Plus - when I buy them, I figure that it's another sale that goes into the number somewhere where some person keeps track of those kinds of things. And I also got a kick that Bob 'got' what you meant. And lucky me - I get to see the bookcases in person soon ;-)
Hey Cindy!
it's really not crazy Cindy! I would really have done the same. And I'm sure Meljean wouldn't be angry at you for buying another copy :P but good thing you did buy another one... now you can break it to your heart content :D
ROTFLMAO here, Cindy! Well, now that you've got it, START READING!!! :-D
LOL! I love your reasoning for needing a readable, bendable, breakable version of Demon Angel! And that Bob seconded it when he learned that his bookshelves were mentioned :)
LOL Cindy, I think that's a quirk everyone can cop to. :P
"And I'm sure Meljean wouldn't be angry at you for buying another copy :P"
LOL! This is true. Hard to be mad.
where books go to get slaughtered by fierce braking and flying debris - gah, not to mention the odd drive-thru pop that's overfilled and oozing out the top and they didn't put a frickin' napkin in the bag and you make that sharp turn only to notice out the corner of your eye that the fluid is now flying across the seat where your purse, book and brand new cell phone are....uh, I'm done).
Been there, done that! You are so funny, Cindy. I've never had a signed by author book before so I'm not sure what I would do but I suspect probably the same exact thing. Bob is such a perfect match for you :)
That is just so dang cool!!! I would have done the same thing.
Beautiful shelves, by the way.
LOL! See now you're just supporting Meljean by buying her book too. :)
What really drives me nuts is when I want to buy a book in a bookstore, but the only copy they have is beat up some. Because I want the book then, but I want a perfect copy too.
And I'm still jealous of your shelves. Why don't I have a Bob to make me shelves? ;)
Hi Cindy- I hope Cody has indeed turned the corner. Antibiotics are amazing.
As to Meljean's book, I'm going out to buy it tomorrow. It's been kinda harried & confused & awful around here. I'm totally in need of a great book to carry me away. Pronto.
Again- kudos to Bob for the beautiul shelves.
I. Want. Your Shelves.
Good luck with the double copy of Demon Angel, it is so awesome.
color me jealous! Hell I haven't even gotten a signed copy from her. And I had a birthday!
I feel a pout coming on...
Cindy hon, that man is a keeper ;). Those are some great looking shelves.
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