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Borders And Me

You know...I really should not be let into Borders alone. Except, even 'not alone' isn't good enough, because god knows, last time I went with friends, I *still* spent a ton of money. I only went today to pick up a couple of DVDs, and...well...I walked out with a little bit more than that. Not as much as I *could* have done, but it was still enough.

As I gradually meandered my way out, I thought I'd remembered reading somewhere that Dean Koontz was releasing another book this year, but hadn't checked his page recently, so wasn't sure. I've written about Dean Koontz before, and how I'd gotten used to the fact that he was only writing one book a year, and that was all there was to know.

When I didn't see anything new on the shelf as I cruised by where his hardbacks are kept, I thought that I might just escape this year.

But then...

I got up to the check out line.

And behold! Dean Koontz is releasing a book called The Taking on May 25th.

Arrrg! :)

Me, at the checkout: Dammit, he IS releasing another book this year. I hate that man, I hate him so much!
Clerk: ......... wha....?
Me: Dean Koontz. The man hates me.

Amusingly, this started a five minute conversation with the clerk, who's reading False Memory and having trouble getting through it. Oh yeah, I'm sure the people behind me were just so thrilled about that.

The good part is...well. It's only another 26 days!

Posted by Liz at April 30, 2004 05:51 PM