After finishing the rest of the books in the Amy Hempel collection which included Reasons to Live, its on to the next stop in the quest. To choose my next book I consulted a random number generator to give me a book and four back-ups in case Barnes and Noble didn't have the first one:
1)Like Life- Lorrie Moore
2) Kingdom of This World- Alejo Carpentier
3) Written on the Body- Jeanette Winterson
4) Professor Unrat- Heinrich Mann
5) Euphues: Anatomy of Wit- John Lyly
So after working all day and with my list in hand, I embarked on my journey to the Barnes & Noble in Jones Valley. One by one I searched for the selected books and not a single one was in stock. I found other books by Moore and Winterson but not the necessary tome. (notice how I break up the monotony by using the word tome instead of book.) I had also decided on my ride into town that I didn't feel like getting anything to eat so basically so I was ready to go home. Just so I didn't make the trip for nothing I went to the Barnes and Noble Cafe for a chai. Luckily my nemesis wasn't working tonight. I'm in line angry at myself for only having readying 5 choices when the lady at the head of the line takes 5 minutes to order her coffee. My goodness! "Grande Caramel Frappachino skinny milk and I'd like the caramel to have been sitting in a perfectly symmetrical octagon with a jar of equal parts fresh mint leaves, peanut butter, and fresh panda spleen for exactly 20 minutes and 34 seconds." I like to think the counter person was pleased when it was my turn and my order consisted of "Tall Chai please." On my way home it was raining and my windshield wipers are in dire need of replacing.
So I suppose I'll be ordering a book off Barnes and Nobles's website.
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That does suck that you couldn't find any of them. Maybe, you could print out the list and put it in your wallet, or at least in the glove compartment!
ReplyDeleteI think next time I will take the list of random titles and also take a list of the more recognizable titles to help me choose. I could have found several that were on the list but I felt that choosing one at random had more poetry for lack of a better term.
ReplyDeletekeep looking... they're out there somewhere...
ReplyDeleteI guess as you know about the 1001 books list, you're aware of the 1001 Books spreadsheet and have a copy of the new v4 edition, right?
If not, head over to the spreadsheet page on Arukiyomi.