I heard that too, Steph. About book day camps in general, yes?
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
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."
Kat - Aug 21, 2010 4:31:59 am PDT #12171 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2010 10:45:26 am PDT #12172 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
About book day camps in general, yes?
Was it? I may have only heard the part about the Percy Jackson camp. Still, when I heard it, I thought that I would have KILLED for such a thing when I was a kid. Buncha nerds, just like me!
Liese S. - Aug 21, 2010 1:18:42 pm PDT #12173 of 28333
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, I loved mythology too. I was all about Greek when I was in school, and then when I was working for the gaming company, I had an assignment that allowed me to discover Norse mythology and I was all blissed out for a while. That was a great job, and was also responsible for large amounts of beautifully illustrated and photographed collection of arms and armor books. Hmm. I lost my grammar somewhere halfway through that sentence, but you know what I mean.
My books are currently in book anarchy. The SO organized them post-move but I haven`t kept it up. When it`s in order, it`s non-fic by subject, fic alpha by author, then chronologically within authors. I am currently building my Pratchett collection chronologically and have gotten as far as Soul Music. It`s at a fun section in the middle that I haven`t read. Library has old and new ones but not these.
megan walker - Aug 22, 2010 2:55:09 pm PDT #12174 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So, I went to the library to get my book for our third book salon topic (Russian Roulette). War and Peace is an even bigger doorstop than Don Quixote.
Sparky1 - Aug 23, 2010 3:44:59 am PDT #12175 of 28333
Librarian Warlord
My copy of Mockingjay has shipped.
::ponders the wisdom of calling in sick the first week of classes to read::
sumi - Aug 23, 2010 4:47:38 am PDT #12176 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
Mine too!!
Ouise - Aug 23, 2010 4:56:49 am PDT #12177 of 28333
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I was all about Greek when I was in school
Me too! I am the reason my whole family can sing the Greek alphabet (it totally works with the alphabet song - the extra syllables make up for fewer letters).
My (then five-year-old) brother made up the adapted ending:
Now I know my alpha beta gamma
Next time won't you come riding on a llama?
meara - Aug 23, 2010 5:05:09 am PDT #12178 of 28333
Hah--in intro languages class in 7th grade we learned a different alphabet song for the Greek alphabet. I can still sing it but I suspect I grt one or two o the letters wrong. It's a fun song though.
Volans - Aug 23, 2010 5:18:02 am PDT #12179 of 28333
move out and draw fire
Mal had a Fischer-Price toy we got in Greece, one of those "cellphones" that speak numbers and letters and shapes, and to my surprise when it sang the whole alphabet, it did it to the tune of the American/English alphabet song.
Steph L. - Aug 23, 2010 5:53:09 am PDT #12180 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I learned the Greek alphabet because my freshman year roommate joined a sorority and she had to learn the Greek alphabet to some cutesy song. For some reason, it stuck in my head. (I also still have my high school fight song up there, too. Go figure.)