I have spent more than my whole book budget for the year. I didn’t even consider the seventh Harry Potter when I spent the last of it, so I spent an additional twenty-some dollars. I went to a big bad chain store with its deep discounts to get my book. The party was rather pathetic, but there really aren’t any local independents anymore that I know of, except Christian “bookstores.” (Do they count, if only a quarter of the store is book space?)

But I digress…

Going into my favorite coffeeshop was dangerous, given that it’s also a used bookstore…