seat hoarders

are people so scared of talking to people they don't know that they are willing to sit on the front row of the movie theatre rather than asking someone to scoot down one seat? i think it's crazy that people always have to put at least one seat between them and the person next to them, although i do it too. "this seat is taken...by my purse". at least when i see that the movie is pretty full or that people are having a hard time finding seats together, i give up the ghost seat. i think it's ridiculous when the hoarders get so irritated when someone who actually paid for the seat asks for it. if you don't want an actual person sitting next to you...buy an extra seat!!!

the book hoarder i've become

so many books...so little time. i get on reading streaks and then i'll get all these books i want to read but then after a few i'll go through an extended period of no reading at all. i don't even want to read street signs during these times. so i've acquired quite the bookcase of books that i haven't even cracked yet. so i thought i'd list the unread books so i can look back occasionally and see how far i've come:

• eyes of a stranger
• santa cruise
• i heard that song before
• at first sight
• the guardian (started about 3 times)
• the purpose of christmas
• sea glass (also started a couple times)
• the memory keeper's daughter
• flashback
• raising an emotionally intelligent child
• the princess
• forever...
• keeping it together in a pull-apart world (i really should pick this one up sometime)
• princess (i)
• princess sultana's daughters (ii)
• princess sultana's circle (iii)
• mayada
• whisperings of the spirit
• the explosive child
• the choice
• the wednesday letters
• light in shadow
• get off the best-stressed list
• how i got this way and what to do about it (partially read...so i know how i got this way, just not what to do about it yet)
• a time to dance
• inkheart
• where are the children?
• the woods
• hokus pokus
• sometimes i wake up grumpy...and sometimes i let him sleep
• payback
• sunday at tiffany's
• the gift of eternal life
• the painting on the pond
• as always, dave
• the promised land series (read the 1st before the others came out and now have to reread it before going on)
• almost sisters
• fire of the covenant
• journey to zion
• hold tight
• the last child
• being the mom
• the risk of darkness
• the host
  

the books i'm in the process of reading are:

• house rules
• a train to potevka
• the gathering
• the pure in heart

i'm thinking i better get reading!!