What are you reading this week of August 14, 2016?

[hermetic]

Darn, looks like I'm late celebrating National Book Lovers Day. But I did want to share with you something nice Jenny Lawson said about loving books on her blog: http://thebloggess.com/

...you can tell that I really love a book if I damage it thoroughly. I destroy it with my love. I shove it in pockets and carry it in purses and suitcases. I drip bathwater on the edges and get pollen stuck in the pages. I underline passages that remind me I’m not alone, and tuck receipts and slips of paper into places I need to reread. It is my opinion that a treasured book should not be kept in a box or wrapper. It should be used. And battered. And loved…just as much as the owner is, as they carry that book through their life. As they drag it through the rough spots. And as it drags them through the rougher spots.

So, this week I'm reading Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin, the second Inspector Rebus book. My library doesn't have it but I was able to locate a used edition at Thrift Books. Good one.

from Wikipedia:

Rebus finds the body of a drug addict, laid out cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, with a five-pointed star painted on the wall above. As part of his investigation, Rebus finds a young woman named Tracy who knew the dead man and heard his terrifying last words: "Hide! Hide!"

I've just finished listening to Shadowfires by Dean Koontz. Meh. Now I shall start on The Body by Stephen King. Hopefully I will like it better.

What books are you loving this week?