Today, I picked up my first grab bag of books from the library after hearing about the program last week and deciding to give it a try. I filled out an online form that asked which genre I wanted in my grab bag, and I chose Science Fiction/Fantasy—a genre I enjoy but haven’t read much of.
None of the books or authors in the bag were familiar to me. I had heard of a couple of the authors by name but had never read any of their books.
I felt a mix of excitement and curiosity, as it was a unique experience to have someone else pick books for me without knowing what they were, aside from the genre. The library checked out the books to my card, placed them in a clear plastic bag, and set it in the usual pickup area for requested books.
My excitement grew as I carefully opened the bag and snapped photos of the books to share with my daughter. I looked at them in order, starting with the first book I saw.
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| Game of Thrones by George R R Martin |
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| Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (CDs) |
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| The Institute by Stephen King |
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| Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel |
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| The Martian by Andy Weir |
Today was my volunteer day at the library, giving me a chance to sit at my desk and open the bag right there instead of waiting until I got home. I spent my time working on scanned images of old scrapbooks, letting Acrobat run OCR on over 250 pages while I read my first book.
I decided to start reading Stephen King's "The Institute." The large print version was a bonus, and I'll share my thoughts on the first chapter later. I found out that the genre for this book is science fiction - horror thriller. Not my usual cup of tea, but we'll see.
On my drive home, which takes about 30 minutes plus a couple of errands, I started listening to the first CD of Robert Jordan's "The Eye of the World" audiobook set (25 CDs). My 2014 Camry still has a CD player and is the 2015 version narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. I'll share more thoughts on it later.
I'm excited and thinking this might be a good reason to start a new blog.
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