A book with no words?
Yes, you are reading this correctly. I am also thrown by this admission and discovery.
So, here’s the situation. I really wanted to get an easy, fun book to read while we were traveling to Colorado over the holidays. I don’t ski, and to be perfectly honest, I LOVE that I don’t ski. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled my family enjoys the past-time. I also am happy to have a couple of days solo, alone with a book while sitting in the lobby of a hotel overlooking said ski mountain. I get the best of both worlds, a great view with heat, quiet, and beverages. I can’t go wrong, right?
Anyways, I ordered a book I had been eyeing off of Amazon right before the trip. “Not all Diamonds are Rose” by Dave Quinn. We all have our vices, right? Well one of mine is the Housewives franchise. You know the one? Andy Cohen. Random cities, lots of drama. I can’t get enough of it! Okay, to be completely honest, I really only watch a few franchises; but either way, I’m hooked. This book was my easy, mindless read I had been looking for.
The book arrived, I packed it and never opened it.
Of course I never got around to reading the book on our trip. So little time, so many naps to be had. (Jealous?)
Fast forward to a month later, yesterday, when I decided it was time to start reading all the juicy behind the scenes gossip. I got comfy, opened the book and then to my horror discovered THERE WERE NO WORDS. What?? Yes, ZERO words in my book.
Floored doesn’t even begin to describe what I thought in that very moment.
I hopped right on Amazon’s website, double checked that I had indeed bought an actual book… and then sat there puzzled. I clearly had been ripped off.
Thank goodness for long return windows. I discovered I still had a few days to return it, so that’s what I did.
When I went to the UPS store to return my wordless book, the lady asked me if the item I was returning was damaged. I told her it wasn’t, although it was a book with no words.
She looked at me, made the funniest face, and then declared “Looks like you bought a journal!” Oh, the power of positivity!
I’ll try to find this book at the local library soon and I will make sure the copy I check out has actual words in it before I drag it all the way home.
