If you read Rebellious Son, you discovered that Bridger is a signed first-edition book collector. That pops up again in Devil’s Own Day. I am NOT a rare book collector—although I have collected over the years. Radios. WW2 road maps. View Masters.
My wife just retired from teaching. She ended her career as a reading interventionist. She loves to teach reading and will tutor reading and other subjects in retirement.
We have lots of books around the house. Our garage has a section for shelves and boxes to store books.
This month marks the 6th anniversary of me sort of setting a large portion of my house on fire. Don’t ask. Okay? The statute of limitations has expired on needling me about how it happened. Let’s just say BBQ and be done with it. Anyway, we were out of our house for 10 months.
During the rebuild, I gladly, in a ‘make-it-up-to-you’ way, agreed to put a Little Reading Library in front of our house. They are “take one, leave one” free libraries for people to come by and grab something or leave something. Kids or adult books.
We put a reading bench next to it with some nice landscaping. It has become a destination location for the kids in the area. Adults drive up and look around.
Warning: You will not find any signed first-edition books. Bridger already checked. You WILL find copies of my books in there. People actually take them! I’ve left a few signed ones in there.
Devil’s Own Day will be next.