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By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
- **Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows lie here. Read at your own risk***
Well, they can reason when it suits them. One day, right around when Chris turned four, he'd used the bathroom, and expected me to pull up his pants. I told him to do it. He said, "You do it."
I said, "Christopher, you're four years old. You do."
He said, "Mommy, you're 37. You do it."
(I think I've told this story before. Oh no. It's finally happened. I am my mother.)
No parenthood has ruined my ability to be fair and turned me into a big meanie. At least according to my 4 year old.
Heh! Fairness is overrated anyhow, Wolfram. Parental priorities are simple:
a) Peace
b) No bleeding from the head
(am very glad my kids know nothing about krav)
Hmm. My library doesn't have "The Intuitionist." Fortunately, I own "Asher Lev." Time to mosey to the used book stores, I suppose, and see if I can't "Intuitionist" cheap.
I skipped a lot due to life so I'm a bit confused. Are we doing more than one book a month? and why. I can't even remember if that was on the ballot.
No, if I understand it correctly, we're planning for the contingency that a book, for whatever reason, doesn't generate a lot of discussion. So we could move up the discussion deadline for the next book. I'ma just keep an eye on the deadlines and do my bestest.
Also? My book is officially in transit to my local library branch.
Okay.
Also can more suggestions be thrown out there for the future?
Yes, I should really go back and read the discussion but I can barely keep up with current stuff.
Erm, I don't remember whether that was discussed/decided. I say, if you've got 'em, give 'em, since I don't think we hashed out the fluidity of the list yet. I trust someone will chime in if I'm telling you tales.
Here's a suggestion: Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin.
Just wanted to say that I got my copy of
The Intuitionist
and have started reading. It's fun to read something just for fun before school starts. I used to love to read, but law school has really pulls from my fun reading.
Let me tell you, reading
The Intuitionist
while waiting for and riding on elevators is
weird.
I'm hoping it will be a fairly quick read. barnesandnoble.com and I had some issues with ordering, so we'll see how soon it gets here.
