I got it from the library, but it looked so thin, and I didn't want to read it all and then be twiddling my thumbs, forgetting it before the discussion. But if it is slow, perhaps I had better get busy. I'll be finishing a "Shakespearean" mystery tonight, and then will get started. I'm just so tickled to be finally taking part in a book club (and it's actually two, because I just joined the Librarian's Book Club too).
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
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***
libkitty - Jul 27, 2004 2:19:09 pm PDT #333 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Daisy Jane - Jul 27, 2004 3:35:27 pm PDT #334 of 3301
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My copy was waiting for me when I got home (finally). I suppose it's only been 7 days, but still. Finishing K&C tonight and then on to The Intuitionist.
You know. One of the things I think I'm going to like most about this is that there won't be the depressing down time between books.
Lilty Cash - Jul 27, 2004 7:00:35 pm PDT #335 of 3301
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I got mine yesterday (with a fly very carefully smooshed between pages..eew) and couldn't help but drop everything and read just a little. Not enough to discuss yet,but- yay! Book club!
Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2004 7:09:40 pm PDT #336 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I finished it today. sticks tongue out at everyone else
erikaj - Jul 27, 2004 7:53:07 pm PDT #337 of 3301
Always Anti-fascist!
My branch doesn't have one. Or it's out.
Anne W. - Jul 28, 2004 3:56:26 am PDT #338 of 3301
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
My branch has a copy, and it appears to be in. I'll have to stop by and see if that's true or if their computer system has gone psycho again.
Wolfram - Jul 28, 2004 4:37:07 am PDT #339 of 3301
Visilurking
My branch doesn't have one. Or it's out.
My branch is tiny, with at most 2 books from any given author. 98% of the books I borrow there come from other branches in the same library system. I just go online, search the online catalog, hit the hold button, choose my hole-in-the-wall branch, and two days later it's waiting for me at checkout.
Maybe your branch can transfer the book for you from another?
erikaj - Jul 28, 2004 8:27:40 am PDT #340 of 3301
Always Anti-fascist!
Probably.(smacks forehead) I hadn't thought of it.
Lilty Cash - Jul 28, 2004 8:34:40 am PDT #341 of 3301
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Inter-library loan associates to the rescue!!!
(Had to give a shout out to Mom once again.)
Jess M. - Jul 28, 2004 8:35:33 am PDT #342 of 3301
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
That's what I do too, Wolfram. My library is also set up very bizarrely, so sometimes it's easier to get it at the hold desk, if I want something specific, rather than browsing for general reading.