Guess who’s back? And for the love of all things chocolate, don’t you dare echo that then say “Shady’s back!” I will kill you if you do that, and it would be a shame to start the new year off with a murder I didn’t plan on committing.
Now, because I know the title got you all excited, let me explain it. When I say “No longer a virgin”, I mean something that requires an admission of pathetic proportions. You see, until recently, I, Snarky, was in fact… a Barnes and Noble virgin. I had never set foot into one of their stores, let alone bought anything from there. I was always a Borders shopper—it was closer to my house, there were more locations, and, come on, when you get bombarded with gift cards for a certain store year after year, you’re bound to form some kind of attachment.
Anyway, to make this short… Barnes and Noble. I was overjoyed to be in a physical book store, yet at the same time I was a little disappointed. There was no horror section in B&N, I didn’t care for the store layout, and, to top it off, since when is THIS a genre?
Seriously... wut?
Yeah, I’m still kind of disgusted by that.
My trip wasn’t all negatives though. I picked up two new books (Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales and The Hunger Games [Don’t look at me like that. I have to see what all the fuss is about]), and fell head-over heels for this amazing display:
I love
this table
So the trip wasn’t a total waste of time, and since the store is fairly close to my house I see much money spending in my future. Oh, my poor, poor wallet…
So get ready for some updatin’! ;) No school until fall means I’ll have more free time on my hands, which I’ve decided I will sacrifice to this blog and not the Procrastination Gods. As such, I would love some requests for reviews and the like! I have a few I’m working on that will hopefully be up soon, including one visual novel post.
Now, comment, email, share, eat, sleep, and thanks for wasting your time with me!
Can’t speak for the other books but the actual book The Hunger Games, is amazing, even on the pandering bits you have to marvel at the honed sub MOA accuracy that Mrs. Collins hits her demographic. If you’re a 12 year old suburbanite girl, this book was made for you. Otherwise, just enjoy a chick who is totally capable of killing.
Otherwise, poverty prevents me from even gazing at Barnes and Nobles lest it cost me money. More of a half price books guy myself. When I do buy retail, rarity of rarity, it’s either online or its at insane discounts.
I keep procrastinating on starting it… I was very weary of buying it because I’ve seen what happens with teen book trends. Reading that definitely put me at ease. ^_^
I sympathize with the money issue… this trip was mainly prompted due to Christmas money, and in all reality I shouldn’t be buying more books so I can try to recover from the money-hungry holidays…
Personally I don’t have the patience to wait for books ordered online to arrive, so you sir, now have the patience of a saint in my eyes.