Feb 18 2010
Lent and Percy Jackson
Before Lent began, I had started reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I was a bit late to this book party–they’ve been out for awhile–but the release of the movie piqued my interest, and I love JA lit. So I picked up The Lightening Thief, the first of the five-book series, and read it. It was great. I began looking for the others, but book two was sold out everywhere I looked, and I wasn’t going to buy the rest and just have them hang around.
Then Lent started. And I didn’t have book 2.
Over the past two days I’ve been making trips to Riverside Hospital, near OSU’s campus, for a thryoid scan. On the way, I pass a Barnes and Noble, and the Borders I frequent is a few exits up from the hospital. In any other season, these medical trips would have concluded with book runs. But…I gave up book buying for Lent.
And that includes Percy Jackson.
It’s been harder than I thought. Whenever I pass a bookstore I think, “Oh, I bet they have Sea of Monsters!” And then, “Um, Emily? No books, remember?”
It’s only the second day and I’ve had book buying thoughts at least 10 times.
Apparently I really, really needed to give this up.
Does checking a book out from the library count?
Nope, I can get it from the library. I’m going to see if I can resist, though…