[ awkward situation averted...! Garry sighs with relief when she puts it back, but quickly does his best to straighten back up when she looks back to him. ]

Well! I've been reading this really interesting series of thriller novels, so I was going to get the next one...! [ perhaps he lives vicariously through fictional characters who aren't as wimpy as he is. ] A storybook, though... You mean like a book of fairy tales?