RIP, Wild Bill

We lost a wonderful carriage driver recently, Wild Bill Grey, who was not just a great person to have as co-worker on the streets, but a great man overall. He will be very missed by so many folks.
RIP, Bill.

I love IloveMemphisblog.com!

The store got reviewed by IloveMemphisblog.com and here is the link! Yay!

http://ilovememphisblog.com/2010/04/20/used-books-for-the-borrowing-at-the-english-major-bookstore/

The Heart's Way

Quick post as I am, again and as usual, on the run. Just finished The Heart is A Lonely Hunter, finally, by Carson McCullers and loved it. I have been slightly haunted by the title as it is an extremely aptly named book. That the heart really is a lonely hunter, that much I can wrap my mind around, it's the context in which this idea is used to describe her characters that is very poignant to me. The characters are ideologists (although aren't we all?). But it is the pursuit of a life lived up to the ideals of one's personal ideologies which is, or can be, a lonely pursuit for the heart. I highly reccomend this book!.
Anyway, I then proceeded to lighten up my reading regimen by reading Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline. I always liked her last name and finally just picked it up and couldn't put it down. It's a thriller having to do with a female lawyer and the Mob, set in South Philly and definitely not my regular kind of book, but one I have really been enjoying .
Store wise, not that ANYONE is actually reading my blog (sniff, sniff), I did get in a bunch of current ( within the last 5 or 6 years) fiction, and there have been organizational elves in the store, making sure sections are easily accessible as well as clean and dust free!
So come on by or leave a comment so I don't feel, as I do every six months or so, that I am absolutely typing into a void.
Thanks and have an awesome 80 degree, Memphis weekend!