Funny stories

I know, I know I never post anything, but I just had to share some of the things that have been happening at work lately.
First of all, EFY has started, so there are all these adorably stupid teenagers walking around. My favorite conversation:
Kid: Do you have construction paper?
Me: Construction paper?
Kid: Yeah, like, nice paper?
I tried not to roll my eyes at him before I told him where the stuff was. Then we had this one girl come in looking for a book called Chiasmus in Antiquity, but she could not get that out to save her life. The closest she got was Chee-asmus in Iniquity. And even after we got the title sorted out, she still couldn't say it right!
But then just as I start to think that the customers are the funny ones, this kid that I work with, Parker, comes to work and has to tell me about this word that he learned while reading Shakespeare. He says "It sounded like a really cute, affectionate word, but then I looked it up and it means whore!" What was the word? "Um...don't remember, I should go look at a thesaurus!" Okay... So he finally finds the word--strumpet! See isn't that a cute word? He told the other guy who works mornings, and Frank says, "It kinda sounds like trumpet." And Parker says "Yeah! Or strawberries!" Haha I just laughed. Smart kid, but as Momma says, evidently he doesn't watch the same movies that we do.
New titles:
Android Karenina
Little Women and Werewolves
In Cuba I was a German Shepherd
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

2009 Book List

Okay for those of you who have been waiting in breathless anticipation, here are the books I read this year. Or as far as I can remember. Can't say that I was all that faithful in writing down what I read. And frequently I find myself just skimming a book or glancing through it while I'm at work, and I guess those don't count. I have a few plays on here, but I didn't put all the plays I've read this year on the list because...well, there's a lot of them.
Total count is:

62

So not as many as Stef, and not as many as I would have predicted, but a respectable number nevertheless.
Here's my list:
1. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
2. Forging the Sword by Hilari Bell
3. Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
4. The Octoroon by Dion Boucicalt
5. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
6. The Safe-Keeper's Secret by Sharon Shinn
7. Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
8. The Dream-Maker's Magic by Sharon Shinn
9. Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
10. A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen
11. Wren to the Rescue
12. Wren’s Quest
13. Out of the Dust
14. Wren’s War
15. Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
16. Mystic and Rider
17. Thirteenth House
18. Dark Moon Defender
19. Reader and Raelynx
20. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
21. The Naming
22. The Riddle
23. Fire Arrow by Edith Pattou
24. Hero’s Song by Edith Pattou
25. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
26. Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George
27. Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
28. Hourglass Door
29. City of Bones
30. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
31. Scarlet Moon
32.Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
33. Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
34. Furies of Calderon
35. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
36. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
37. Impossible by Nancy Werner
38. The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer
39. Faro’s Daughter by Georgette Heyer
40. The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
41. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
42. Sabriel by Garth Nix
43. Lirael by Garth Nix
44. Abhorsen by Garth Nix
45. No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker
46. Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglala by Mari Sandoz
47. How to make someone fall in love with you in 90 minutes or less
48. The Time-Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenger
49. Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
50. Maze Runner
51. Chalice by Robin McKinley
52. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
53. The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
54. The Body Finder
55. Graceling
56. Venetia by Georgette Heyer
57. A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer
58. The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
59. Dragonsdale
60. The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
61. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
62. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

To echo Stef, just because I read it doesn't mean I liked it. Time Traveler's Wife in particular was just about the worst thing I have ever read, and I would highly recommend that you NOT read it. Others I quite enjoyed, and I have some new favorites.
Any bets for 2010?