It took me a while to figure out the 'offbeat humor' mentioned on the back of The Plague and I, by Betty MacDonald as it's about time spent in a TB sanatorium, where the conditions were awful! Once I realized when it was written, and what was known then, and so forth, it was a much easier read! Rules were rules (some for good reason), staff was strict, pleasures were few and far between, and yet, somehow the author found some good in her experience with TB.

Just who goes to bookstores these days? Secondhand bookstores? There are customers, even in this electronic age, and, they actually fall into several categories, and a few sub-categories. They are cleverly described in Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops, by Shaun Bythell. See if you recognize yourself!

Reading Hermit With Dog