Post-Christmas Activity

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Katherine is many things but two things are more pronounced; she is a voracious reader and money burns a hole in her pocket.  Generally a night owl, she was downstairs and dressed and ready to go (complete with her winter coat on and a new hat and gloves) before 9:00 AM so that we could be at Barnes & Noble when they opened.  A Christmas gift card was itching be spent and she was ready to stock up on a new round of reading materials.  Katherine describes herself as a "purist", preferring actual books with paper and ink over digital books to be read on a device of some kind.

I have tried over and over to get her to make use of the library - nearly unlimited free reading, but she has never actually met a book that she was willing to part with.  She much prefers to soak in their pages over and over and over again.  When she reads a mystery or fantasy fiction, she imagines alternative endings, twists unwritten by the author, or imagines other characters who could add color and drama to the already approved-by-a-publisher writings.

So, Barnes & Noble it is.  She hunts for books while I drink hot chocolate and reply to emails (since MY Kindle is already full of reading materials just waiting for my attention).



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