Talk about a bookstore!

Today was a book day. It didn't have a choice. My brain was in need of good words.  You know the feeling.

I found that and MORE at La Pared, an amazing bookstore (for backpackers...guide books, English words and a friendly helpful face) where I lost myself.

Walked out happily with a new 'to read' list and 2 new books. I've started one. You may know it. Gabriel Garcia' Marquez's 'Hundred years of Solitude.'

The list:

-Umberto Eco 'The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana,' &  'Baudolino'

-Ivan Klima ' The Ultimate Intimacy'

-Diego Rivera (to learn everything I can about this man) They had a great book on his art. (pictured)

-Barbara Kingsolver 'La Lacuna'

If you get to San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico and are in need, craving for a decent book and not something that you found on a lost shelf, in a hostel, that may have been written by someone lacking needed skills, then treat yourself.  La Pared is two/three blocks south of the main park on the pedestrian street of Hidalgo.  

And while you're there, ask what's happening in the city, they've got a grip on what's happening that needs to be seen.

5.6 on the richter scale

I woke up and my bed was shaking.  All I could think about was 'oh now what, another bed story?'  The last few nights have been memorable.  Bed bugs.  Then the next night man with my undies on.  Tonight, well less than an hour ago I wake up to my bed shaking.  No noises.  I look around my room no one is in here.  Then I contemplate ghosts.  But it last too long.  Earthquake?  Do I get up and run to a doorway?  I grew up in tornado country, not shaky land.

View Epicenter in a larger map  (Blue marker represents epicenter, line ends in Antigua, where I'm at now)
Attempted to close my eyes again after it ended.  Riiiight.  You think I can sleep after that?  Failed attempt.  When I looked at my ipod it said 4:53a.m.  Instead of sleeping I ran a series of events through my head that could have been the reason for my bed shaking.

After researching seismic activity, this is what I found from the quake at 4:52am:

Earthquake Details  (Source)

Magnitude	5.6
Date-Time	Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 10:52:20 UTC Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 04:52:20 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	16.095°N, 91.174°W
Depth	47.9 km (29.8 miles)
Region	CHIAPAS, MEXICO
Distances	105 km (65 miles) E of Comitan, Chiapas, Mexico 115 km (70 miles) NW of Coban, Guatemala 175 km (110 miles) NNW of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala 930 km (570 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7 km (4.3 miles); depth +/- 13.2 km (8.2 miles)
Parameters	NST=165, Nph=165, Dmin=550.7 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp=151°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010tbaz