Weekend Madness
Jul. 21st, 2008 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galdrinWell, I finally broke down and did it.
I have a couple of weeks of vacation time to burn before I lose it Sept. 1st, so I've been taking every Friday off in July and August (with a 4-day weekend scheduled the 1st weekend of August to take care of my "floating holiday".
Well, this past weekend I decided to go all the way down to Frisco Mall and try and get a bonsai tree for Joyce's office - a sort-of congratulations on her new position. Well, the bonsai 'store/cart' was no longer there, so I thought I would swing by Buns & Noodle and pick up a book or two (Elizabeth Bear's Blood and Iron and Whiskey and Water or at least just look. After all, I'd come a heck of a long way.
Walking into B&N, I found that David Weber's By Schism Rent Asunder (which I had been waiting for) was already out - contrary to Amazon's stated Tue. 22JUL08 release date. So I went ahead and picked up a copy off the shelf. After a closer inspection of the two Bear novels, I decided to pass on them and made my way down to the American History section.
I was looking for a number of things there. I had been seriously considering a special treat to myself and wanted to take a look at Shelby Foote's 3-volume The Civil War: A Narrative trade paperback boxed set. At the same time, I was interested in checking out David McCullough's 1776, Robert Middlekauff's The Glorious Cause and John Ferling's Almost a Miracle. I wanted to find something comparable to Foote's 3-volume Civil War set, only dealing with the American Revolution, which I find a more interesting subject. Ouch - the price tag on Foote's stopped me in my tracks and made me put everything back and walk out to give the whole idea a second thought.
As I got back in the truck and headed back home, I thought that I should probably have gone ahead and picked up the Weber novel. Knowing I have to go by Vista Ridge Mall on the way home ... and that there's a Border's right there (which is where I usually go for books anyway) ... I decided to stop and at least grab a copy of Weber's new book. After pulling one off the shelf, I walked over to their American History section to take a look at what they had. I picked up Middlekauf's book and Ferling's book again and compared the two in detail to see which one suited my interest - deciding I liked the Ferling book's content better. Then I spy Foote's boxed-set sitting on the lower shelf. Tell you what - from now on Border's is going to get all my business. Typically, the prices at Border's and Buns & Noodle are pretty comparable, but in this case I found that Foote's boxed-set was $40 cheaper at Border's. So I walked out with the Weber, the Ferling, the Foote, and a big smile. Yay me !!!
I have a couple of weeks of vacation time to burn before I lose it Sept. 1st, so I've been taking every Friday off in July and August (with a 4-day weekend scheduled the 1st weekend of August to take care of my "floating holiday".
Well, this past weekend I decided to go all the way down to Frisco Mall and try and get a bonsai tree for Joyce's office - a sort-of congratulations on her new position. Well, the bonsai 'store/cart' was no longer there, so I thought I would swing by Buns & Noodle and pick up a book or two (Elizabeth Bear's Blood and Iron and Whiskey and Water or at least just look. After all, I'd come a heck of a long way.
Walking into B&N, I found that David Weber's By Schism Rent Asunder (which I had been waiting for) was already out - contrary to Amazon's stated Tue. 22JUL08 release date. So I went ahead and picked up a copy off the shelf. After a closer inspection of the two Bear novels, I decided to pass on them and made my way down to the American History section.
I was looking for a number of things there. I had been seriously considering a special treat to myself and wanted to take a look at Shelby Foote's 3-volume The Civil War: A Narrative trade paperback boxed set. At the same time, I was interested in checking out David McCullough's 1776, Robert Middlekauff's The Glorious Cause and John Ferling's Almost a Miracle. I wanted to find something comparable to Foote's 3-volume Civil War set, only dealing with the American Revolution, which I find a more interesting subject. Ouch - the price tag on Foote's stopped me in my tracks and made me put everything back and walk out to give the whole idea a second thought.
As I got back in the truck and headed back home, I thought that I should probably have gone ahead and picked up the Weber novel. Knowing I have to go by Vista Ridge Mall on the way home ... and that there's a Border's right there (which is where I usually go for books anyway) ... I decided to stop and at least grab a copy of Weber's new book. After pulling one off the shelf, I walked over to their American History section to take a look at what they had. I picked up Middlekauf's book and Ferling's book again and compared the two in detail to see which one suited my interest - deciding I liked the Ferling book's content better. Then I spy Foote's boxed-set sitting on the lower shelf. Tell you what - from now on Border's is going to get all my business. Typically, the prices at Border's and Buns & Noodle are pretty comparable, but in this case I found that Foote's boxed-set was $40 cheaper at Border's. So I walked out with the Weber, the Ferling, the Foote, and a big smile. Yay me !!!
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Date: 2008-07-24 06:48 pm (UTC)