...speaking of reading

Not counting Stepping Heavenward

which I generally read every January,

I don't read fiction.

Haven't since book 5 or 6 of the Left Behind series.

Not because I dislike it

mind you

but because I have so very much to learn

that my reading time is generally spent educationally.

That 

and I have very little self control

and could easily get completely engrossed in a good book

and neglect 

well

pretty much everything

'til I finished it.

I recently checked out the book Garden Spells

from our library.

It was one of the books I found that looked interesting

through one of Ginny's yarn alongs

although

I have no clue exactly who was reading it....

I thought it was a book about using herbs

-and it is-

but it also

isn't.

I'd forgotten that I checked it out

and when I went through the library basket

looking for books to return, I found it

and decided I'd take it with me to my hair appointment this morning.

(I hate to sit there

doing nothing

when I get my hair cut!)

I intended to look at it last night

you know - to make sure I wouldn't get bored with it

and end up 

with nothing to do

while my hair was bein' done.

I never got the chance to even crack the cover

but I grabbed it anyways as I walked out the door.

It turns out

it isn't really an educational book at all

- as in - 

the reader isn't left knowing how to make potions and such.

It's fiction.

And you know what?

I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far;

Sarah Addison Allen is a delightful storyteller!

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I 

have a book to finish.