doris lessing

what a beautiful, graceful woman.

i started reading "the golden notebook," written by doris lessing, today. purchased with 34 quarters and a dollar bill from the local used bookstore, bookleggers, it seems to be worth every cent.

i saw the book last night and attempted to buy it with my debit card, but bookleggers is cash only. justin didn't have any cash, so i had to go back today with my sack of change. the store owner said that quarters and dollar bills go the quickest from tiny stores, so he was very grateful for my form of payment. little does he know that quarters have been supporting me since...well, forever. my friends used to get embarrassed in high school, when at the gas station i would pull out my sandwich baggie full of quarters to fill my tank up.
(*note* - my quarters, if not from poppa, were stolen from phil's change jar).

anyway...i have only read the introduction, but i cannot wait to read the rest. i am excited that there are 640 pages because i always get sad when a good book comes to an end. i don't have to worry about that for awhile.

have any of you read "the golden notebook?"