The summer has officially begun! And not because classes are finally, finally over. No. The summer has begun because my co-blogger Grace and I went to our annual library sale this weekend! This tradition, in which I force Grace to take me to her country house (which was built in the 1700s'!) so we can go to the Stone Ridge Library sale, is quite central to our friendship and, furthermore, provides me with a security net of books that I can dip into at any time for the rest of the year. It's MUUUCH cheaper than going to Barnes and Nobles every time I finish a book, that's all I can say. So this is a list of what I picked up this year! 1. From Rockaway by Jill Eisenstadt - Rockaway is my beach! I spend pretty much all summer there, so I had to read this. 2. Handbook of Short Story Writing: Volume II , edited by Je...