If you can afford to vacation at the Library Hotel in New York City, you may have an extra $30,000 laying around, waiting to be spent.

If so, then you can follow this link to Bauman’s Rare Books and purchase a set of first edition Charles Dickens books.

It might be nice to run my fingers along the spine of a rare book!

Luckily, I adore books whether they are rare or not.

Check out Bauman’s if you have the time–it’s a neat website.

Good article at CNN about John Grisham, who received 15 rejection slips before his book “A Time To Kill” was published.

Grisham’s books are not Joyce or Faulkner, for sure, but I see people reading his books with every evidence of enjoyment while I’m traveling back and forth to work.

He’s a well paid entertainer, because he made 9 million dollars last year.

Note to self:

You simply MUST take a vacation at The Library Hotel in NYC.

The Library Hotel has ten floors, and each floor matches a category of the Dewey Decimal System.

The ten floors of The Library Hotel are:

• 3-Social Sciences
• 4-Languages
• 5-Math & Science
• 6-Technology
• 7-The Arts
• 8-Literature
• 9-History
• 10-General Knowledge
• 11-Philosophy
• 12-Religion

Rooms are equipped with books and art matching topics within the floor’s category.

I need to save up, for a long time, because one night’s stay at The Library Hotel can run between $500-$800.

Sigh.

A neighbor of mine was at the bus stop this morning, holding Andrew Morton’s book, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography.

“This book is giving me nightmares,” she told me, thus ensuring that I will have to get my hands on this book.

I was watching a BBC special on Scientology not too long ago, and the sight of Tom Cruise saluting the portrait of dead scifi writer L. Ron Hubbard spooked me.

I’m going to get my hands on this book and write a review.

If you have read this book, I would appreciate your feedback.

Photo of Morton’s book from amazon.com

On March 16,2008, a miniseries on John Adams will premiere on HBO.

Tom Hanks is one of the executive producers of this miniseries starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney.

The miniseries is based on David McCullough’s book John Adams.

I’ve started the book but not finished it.

Guess I need to hurry up and get it finished.

Just read!

I love my cable television, especially the food channel.

My favorite cook is Ina Garten, aka The Barefoot Contessa.

The Contessa’s food and recipes are really yummy, but there’s another reason I like her show.

The Barefoot Contessa enjoys her food; like me, she’s a woman of substance.

Also, viewers see the Contessa serving her creations to friends and family members in her home (at least I think it’s her home).

Flowers are everywhere, and the sun always seems to be shining.

So, like any deranged fan worth his/her salt, I’m saving up to buy a signed Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.

Photo from Google Images, www.fullybookedonline.com

Just read!

Blogcritics Magazine, “a sinister cabal of serious writers,” has a book focus with lots of great book reviews.

“Wordy writers” is the book section’s February focus.

Read short blurbs about writers Ayn Rand, James Joyce, Victor Hugo, and James Michener.

What are you reading now?

Share your current book with Book Geek, if you dare!

Just read!