Queen of Rambles

I think I’ve figured out that I don’t want to be a librarian. I spent almost all day being a fake librarian. Actually, I’m sure I was doing something that not many actual librarians have to do: re-shelving books. We had a half-day at school, but that didn’t mean the aids got to go home. It just meant we had to invent work for ourselves. First, one lady who has no business bossing me around told me I had to paint the hall, but the principal nipped that in the bud. Instead, I got the library assignment. I don’t know how often the librarian makes sure the shelves are straightened out, but they were an utter and complete mess. I spent hours on the floor fixing things up. I got the chapter books pretty much in order, a couple of section of easy books in order, and then tackled the real challenge, a challenge so tremendous that the memories almost make me cry. 598-599.88. I bet Dawn knows what I’m talking about! Animals. Lots and lots of animals.

I finished my Koontz and was rather disappointed in it. The scenes described were deliciously repugnant, but they didn’t grip me or terrify me like they were meant to do. One of Koontz’s biggest strengths is his character development, but it just doesn’t happen in this book. Only one character is developed at all, and even she leaves me feeling flat. It was, of course, typical Koontz in almost every way. I think he took several of his plots and just kind of weaved them together. Maybe people who haven’t read most of the books several times wouldn’t notice as much, but I have and I did. If you can say one thing about him, it’s that he’s consistent.

And now I have to go to bed. I haven’t seen this side of midnight in a very, very long time.

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