I want this book!

On Monday I received an email from a blogger who posts book reviews and blurbs about new releases.

One look at the book’s magnificent cover art and my heart was pounding out of my chest, like a cartoon character who has taken one look at another cartoon character and fallen hopelessly, immediately, completely in love.

Look at that gorgeous airship, hovering over the frozen landscape.

How had I never heard about an airship and an arctic rescue?

Those of you who read my book reviews know I like to read about shipwrecks. Something you don’t know about me is that I think airships are fascinating. Mind you, I wouldn’t get on an airship, any more than I would get on a ship.

I want the book. But I’m on a book diet right now, which means I stop buying books for two or three weeks while I read some of the books on my TBR stacks. (This doesn’t always stop me from cheating and buying a book anyway.) On Monday, I decided to resist temptation by using my local library. But this book was just released, and my library doesn’t have a copy yet, and copies aren’t available through inter-library loan.

I’m making a deal with myself: (1) read a couple of books from my TBR stacks, (2) wait until at least February, then (3) declare that I need a present for Groundhog’s Day.