Complaints from the Road

Complaints from the Road

As a chocolate and book lover, this seems gratuitous, but I have some legitimate complaints after a full day in Hershey/the opening of the show.



They've removed the breakfast buffet at the Hershey Lodge.  If there's one thing I need for breakfast, its chocolate fondue.  In fact, I must have mentioned this chocolate-fondue-for-breakfast feature as being my favorite part of the Lodge--and yeah, I'll say it--maybe even of the show. BUT, with the lack of breakfast buffet, there's a lack of chocolate fondue.  You know what I had for breakfast?  I'll tell you what I DIDN'T have:  A *@#$ing CHOCOLATE COVERED GRAHAM CRACKER!!!!!



I digress:  that's probably not my favorite part of the show. PSLA is my favorite state library show because the attendees LOVE CBE.  And what's not to love?  We have over 600 books--most of which they haven't seen before--and they're all laid out there for them to peruse and enjoy.  I however am noticing a growing trend that I don't like, and I'm not the only one.  When I pick up a book to read its flap or back cover copy, I want to read about the book.  I don't want to read review citations on the author's past books, I don't want to read a shortened bio of the author that's repeated in the back of the book on the "about the author page;" what I want, and what these things were created for, is to read something that will get me interested in the bound stack of papers in my hand at that moment.  To quote my girlfriend, "when they don't talk about the book, I don't even care what its about, I just give up on it."  I agree.  Maybe I'm missing out on some gems, but it's not my fault.



Ok, I'm done...back to enjoying myself!

Posted by : Seth | 05/01/2008 04:05 PM