Quimby's, Zines, Presents, Writing

I've lived in Chicago since the beginning of May and have never been to Quimby's. I feel like that makes me the worst librarian and book-lover on earth. I only live 10 minutes away from it too! I probably never went because I'm not a big fan of buying books. When you work in a library, its really hard to justify buying books. However, it is really easy to justify buying books when that book you are purchasing is for a friend's upcoming birthday!

So question: Is it rude to read the book before you give it to the person?

I hope not because that is my plan. I'll try not to crease the spine too much. Shhh! Don't tell!

Anyway, Quimby's. The bookstore is more of a zine store, in that half the space is devoted to zines of various types. I used to not be a big zine person. I thought they were pretty cliched and lame (I know I've written about this before). However, after contributing to Alycia's zine, and after reading Doris #15 I think I've changed my mind. There were so many to choose from! So many cute ones! I wanted to call Alycia and get her opinions, as she is the expert, but no cell phones allowed in the store. So Alycia or any zine reader, give me your suggestions.

I got really inspired too. Maybe I'll turn some of my more finished chapters of my work-in-progress into a cutesy zine. I'll probably just talk about it here and never do it though, just like how I wanted to write 1,000 words each day this week and have written 0 words each day. I'm an idiot.