Sunday Dithers

Ok, I am about to tell you something very lame, but if I've learned one thing about the intartubes it's that at least eight of you are going to be like, I also do that.  And as the saying goes, Lame prefers not to be the only lame in the boat.

Sometimes I like to go to my library's online catalogue and just look at the books I have on hold.  A book on hold is PACKED WITH POTENTIAL but devoid of the should-be-reading guilt of a book in hand.  Am I wrong in this?  And being fairly far down the queue only ups the anticipation.

So on this lazy Sunday when I'm not up to much else worth dithering about, here are the books I have on hold and how far I am down the queue.  Some of them are on order, so...*waits literally forever for them to get here*

Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward - 10th of 12 holds.

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace - 1st of 6 holds.  I feel like this should be more in demand...

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente - 1st of 4 holds.  TENTERHOOKS for this one.

Kate Vaiden by Reynolds Price - on its way to my holdshelf right now!  Has anyone heard of this?  Besides Kristine, who recommended it to me when I was in a mood to be recommended to?

We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates - 1st of 1 hold.  This is an old one but I read the back flap at a friend's cabin and there are FAMILY! SEEEECRETS!  I mostly hate JCO but am weirdly willing to keep trying.

The Uncoupling  by Meg Wolitzer - 5th of 32 holds.  This makes me feel like I'm winning a race.

Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later by 'Francine Pascal' - 8th of 23 holds.  Also, fuck yes.

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - 32nd of 69 holds.

Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin - 9th of 20 holds.  Also recommended when I was in the mood for a recommending.

Bossypants by Tina Fey - 74 of 142 holds and ONLY 4 COPIES ON ORDER WHAT ARE YOU UP TO GVPL?  Smarten up.

The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson because I lately want to make out with her and have 13 Little Blue Envelopes eyeing me from the shelf already.  Oh, and 9th of 12 holds.

Among Others by Jo Walton - 11th of 12 holds.  I put this on hold AGES ago, so it feels like I joined a long line, only to have NO ONE fall in behind me.

So!  That is my self-indulgent quirk.  What's yours?  What do you find yourself doing online while simultaneously saying to yourself, This is sort of pathetic?  That ended up sounding sort of pr0ny, I don't mean that.  Please do not include any pr0n-related activities, I will not be amused by those.