The Pandemic Finally Broke Me

Just a reminder, most posts are meant to be tongue in cheek 😁.

Hello My Lovelies! I hope you are all well this first week of spring (although I suspect in some places it’s spring in name only 🌨).

Anyway, I have a question my dear readers – I have been good about not complaining about pandemic conditions here, right? I can’t remember any specific post about the pandemic (and I looked just to be sure🤪). I have really tried to keep upbeat about this but now it is starting to affect me in the worst way! How is that you ask? 

I AM UNABLE TO BUY BOOKS FROM MY LIST ON THEIR RELEASE DAY😭😭😭😭😭. NOOOOOOOO😱!

You remember a couple of weeks ago when I was lamenting about how Barnes & Noble did not have the latest Stephen King novel in on its release day? And how I had to wait for it to ship? A sad, sad day for me. Well, it’s happened AGAIN! Yesterday, I trotted my (not so little) behind to the Barnes & Noble in Florence SC (instead of the store in Columbia), thinking I’ll have better luck in picking up the new Karen White book The Shop on Royal Street, the first in her new series. I walked in and began to wander in search of said book. Side note: I miss the days when B&N just book the new releases right up front. And after about ten minutes I ask the young lady working there if she knows where they are hiding it. And she says to me “they are all sold out” 😮. Now I know Karen White is popular, but to sell out before 2 pm on release day?!? That would be unheard of 🙉, which is what I said. Well, the lovely young lady replied, “We only received one copy.” ONE COPY for release day 🤯. Like why even bother?

I asked if they had been having a problem with receiving books and of course they have because of (wait for it) THE PANDEMIC! Well, the backlog from the pandemic. The outrage! If you don’t have enough to supply stores, push back the date.

I am really trying to support you B&N but you are really testing me lately. So, I am off to Amazon to order the book. I mean of course B&N offered to order it for me, but I can get it faster on Amazon.

And this is how Amazon in taking over the world (ironic, no?).

Goddess help us all…..