Emotional Attachment to a Store
The people running Costco should be happy to know that I have an emotional attachment to their store. I look forward to going to Costco to the point of it being a destination and not just a place to buy baby formula and sides of beef. It’s comfortable, like going to a friend’s house. You won’t get served and don’t expect to, pretty much hang out and play with and admire their stuff. There is always something new to discover that I didn’t even know I needed. I can take care of all of my life’s biggest joys in one place, in bulk and at a savings (ha ha). They even have the double seat carts for my two girls. Yes, they think of everything! Gardening- they have the bulbs and tubers, bare root plants, soil, containers, etc. Entertainment- they have the books, DVDs and video games. Eating- there is always something new to taste, like the $20 chunk of cheese we just had to buy today after the tasting lady let us have a couple dozen pieces to try. And no, though it was Costco, this particular chunk of cheese was not large, just expensive but very good. Yes, one of those things we didn’t know we would have to have. Our minimum spending limit in this store happens to be $200. We never leave there for less. Today was no exception, $320-something and all we really needed was baby formula.
Now as for what any of this has to do with reading, the Costco book editor happens to do an excellent job most of the time finding entertaining things for me to read. I recently read in that article I linked to in my first post that next to Oprah, she’s one of the most influential people when it comes to deciding what books to sell and of course, if they sell it at Costco, they’ll sell millions and the book will be a bestseller. Sometimes I just find a book or two that grabs my attention. Today was different. I found half a dozen books to keep me busy until my Kindle arrives. Here’s what I’ll be reading soon (and most likely by the pool in Cancun in April):
Investigative (been meaning to get these after previously reading reviews)
- Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart
- Supreme Conflict by Jan Crawford Greenburg
Fiction (random pick-ups)
- Angels All Over Town by Luanne Rice
- Firefly Beach by Luanne Rice
- Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
- The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
It was also interesting and encouraging to note that the prices of Costco’s books are comparable to the Kindle books.
Today’s Reading List
- Seattle Times, entire March 15th issue (PRINT) at breakfast
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, entire March 15th issue (PRINT) at the dentist office
- Two Reader’s Digest articles
- Two Flower and Bulb Catalogues
Approximate Reading Time: 1.5 hours
