Saturday, October 2, 2021

Saturday Morning at the Library


When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.

While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.

So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some  I have read more than once.

This week, Pet Sematary by Stephen King. What's the story about? Sometimes dead is better. If you haven't read this book, you can find it at the library or at your favorite bookstore.

15 comments:

  1. Stephan King is a great writer, isn't he? I haven't read this one. My favorite by him is 11/22/63. Have you read that one? It's about time travel back to save JFK's life. If not, I highly recommend it. It's in my top 10 ever books. Happy Saturday. Hope you get a little sun. Hugs-Erika

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    1. This was one of King's early novels. I haven't read 11/22/63. I'll have to check that out.

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  2. Love the grave marker. And I love that book, and the film of it! Valerie

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    1. Usually it's one or the other, but the book and the movie were both good.

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  3. King is a great 'story weaver'! And he can do it in so many different genres. :D

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  4. Don't fall over, but I have seen that film. Some friends rented it on VCR (back in the day) because they said the cat in the movie looked exactly like Dog (my first cat ever and I had for over 19 years) before he turned evil. Want to see the cat that preceded Bleubeard? Check out that cat in Pet Sematary.

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  5. I've read that one. I haven't seen the movie, but the book was good.

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  6. Stephen King is a very good writer isn't he ...

    All the best Jan

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    1. He certainly knows how to make you worry about being home alone and in the dark

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