“Got be careful with those philosopher poets. They can get a bit obtuse with too many metaphors.” Though it was interesting to hear she was looking into philosophy. Maybe it would help keep her tied to the mores of humanity. “I’m not look for anything specific,” he admitted. In fact the fact that he now had money to spend on books was still a bit new after more than year going without.
“But I’ll let you know if something catches my interest,” he acquiesced. Since he had cash, accept the favor of being paid for was less ‘expensive’. He walked a short distance, to a shelf, running his hand over a couple covers. Trying not to smile when he heard the comment on Jennifer’s choice ofmealcompanion. Though he happened to agree. She certainly had more self control than him if she hadn’t fed from Chris yet.
“Biographies,” he answered easily when asked what he read “Autobiographical preferably but it can get into historical fiction sometimes. Though my favorite author is Brene Brown. Which,” he nodded to Jennifer and her question “Daring Greatly is my favorite book from her that I read in college.”
JC wouldn’t have said it was a score for books. He’d been trying to say it was a give and take between two very different mediums that made it hard to judge either one as ‘better’ than the other. He wasn’t sure if Jacob was just that enthusiastic about books or if it was part of the job of working at a bookstore. So he just smiled politely and went back to browsing close by until the movie started.