Oops!

OK, so I just realized that I am the culprit, the slacker who dropped the ball on this blog, and not my loving hubby as I was assuming. (Ooops!)  A very enthusiastic fan of the blog got on our case the other day, intoning how much she loved reading about our adventures and digs against each other.  This ones for you Val!

Even though it has been 2 years (YIKES) since either one of us blogged, we have still been reading up a storm, although with 2 little ones in the house we are better versed in Kann and Carle than King and Picoult.  

I recently read the book Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, which was a book club selection.  The story follows Clay Jannon as he searches for work in tech-savvy San Fransisco, and stumbles upon Mr. Penubra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, that is looking for a clerk for the overnight shift.  He quickly gets the job, complete with strange job requirements- man the counter in a 24 hour bookstore overnight where no one visits, write down descriptions of everyone who comes into the store and how they are acting, don’t read the books in the stacks in the back; these books are only checked out (yes, lent like a library) by the strangest of customers. 

Of course one day, a friend convinces Clay to inspect one of the books in the back of the store, and it is filled with a strange language nether one of them can decipher.  The mystery deepens as he realizes that these books are checked out in a set sequence, even though they are not shelved linearly.

I don’t want to spoil any more of the story, but it continues with lots of Silicon Valley trickery, a new coded book, and some very Da Vinci Code intrigues!

Now, Sir Donald, I pass the torch back to you!