until they look at the bill ... then they like you
I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Toddson - Sep 14, 2009 1:08:57 pm PDT #10048 of 28381
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Barb - Sep 14, 2009 1:12:00 pm PDT #10049 of 28381
“Not dead yet!”
until they look at the bill ... then they like you
Nope. They still hate me. At least the guys doing the packing and actual moving and getting paid whatever shitty hourly wage they're getting.
Kathy A - Sep 14, 2009 1:17:58 pm PDT #10050 of 28381
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee. My movers liked the fact that I use one standard sized box for everything (got the boxes from Waldenbooks or Borders--they just toss them out otherwise), so they were able to stack things up and take them on their backs. (It's really incredible seeing these guys haul off three big boxes full of books on their back with just a long strip of fabric to carry them.)
When I move, I pack up all of my books first--that takes care of about 1/4 of my packing time, and all the boxes stacked up makes it look like I've done a lot right away. Also, working in bookstores means I've gotten really good at getting as many books possible in each box, so that way they don't crumple when they have three boxes piled on top of them.
Polter-Cow - Sep 14, 2009 2:04:42 pm PDT #10051 of 28381
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha ha. My co-worker was reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and she thought it was okay, not that great, but it made her want to read Pride and Prejudice because she wanted to see how the story worked without zombies. Right now, she can't see how it would. Heh.
SuziQ - Sep 14, 2009 3:01:11 pm PDT #10052 of 28381
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Just got home from the grocery store and I looked at the book covers based on the earlier conversation here. The trend I saw on more than a few books was seeing a picture of a woman, including part of her face, but cropped just below the eyes. I think that is even more disturbing than chopping them at the neck.
Aims - Sep 14, 2009 4:20:07 pm PDT #10053 of 28381
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yeah, I'm going to be doing a fairly massive book-culling if we're going to be looking at moving. The cookbooks will definitely be thinned and the fiction as well.
DIBS! I CALL DIBS!!
I LOVE Jennifer Crusie and wish she had new stuff out. I should go dig up "Fast Women" or "Bet Me" and re-read them. I love those two the most.
Steph L. - Sep 14, 2009 4:33:31 pm PDT #10054 of 28381
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"Faking It" is my favorite, possibly because it was the first one I read, and things like that always stick with me. But I love "Bet Me" and "Welcome to Temptation" too.
Amy - Sep 14, 2009 4:39:24 pm PDT #10055 of 28381
Because books.
I actually love Tell Me Lies maybe the most, but that was my first. Bet Me or Fast Women would be next.
Aims - Sep 14, 2009 4:39:31 pm PDT #10056 of 28381
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Crusie was my first breath of fresh air after a diet almost composed entirely of Nora Roberts, LaVyrle Spencer, and People magazine. I read it three times in a row and then ran out and bought everything else.
Amy - Sep 14, 2009 4:40:51 pm PDT #10057 of 28381
Because books.
Strangely, Faking It is my least favorite. I like Crazy in Love more, even.
And her old reprints are good fun, too.
I never could get through the first collaboration with Bob Whoever, though.