Tries to remind myself that I do not need to own another copy of Middlemarch
What's sad is that I haven't yet read Middlemarch and I still want that book. See also, The Woman in White.
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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."
megan walker - Jan 23, 2011 7:50:26 am PST #13704 of 28288
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Jan 23, 2011 7:55:09 am PST #13705 of 28288
Because books.
Oooh, my paperback copy of Dracula is falling apart ...
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2011 7:57:55 am PST #13706 of 28288
brillig
What a beautiful binding for Woman in White! Is there one for The Moonstone?
Holli - Jan 23, 2011 8:02:33 am PST #13707 of 28288
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Ooh, are these more of the Coralie Bickford-Smith editions? She did an amazing job on the first two series.
megan walker - Jan 23, 2011 8:05:39 am PST #13708 of 28288
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ooh, are these more of the Coralie Bickford-Smith editions?
Yes. But they seem to be coming out piecemeal, not in sets of 10 (9 in the US) like the first two.
erin_obscure - Jan 23, 2011 8:10:14 am PST #13709 of 28288
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I picked up _Birdsong_ by Sebastian Faulks after seeing it on a recommended list and reading lots of reviews about how stirring and well written it is....30 pages in it is SO BORING. Like, _Clarissa_ boring. Descriptions of scenery. Descriptions of people, nothing happening. Maybe i've been reading too much YA recently and started expecting books to start with a little plot to grab my attention....
Can someone reassure me that it will pick up soon? So far it's totally bumming my workouts (in that i'm not so engrossed in my book that i want to keep going).
megan walker - Jan 23, 2011 8:10:56 am PST #13710 of 28288
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Except for Crime and Punishment and Madame Bovary (because they are translations, maybe?), the first two sets are available at Amazon. You can see what they contain here: [link] and [link] Then there are 2 more Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings and A Tale of Two Cities (which I would love if the scarves weren't orange), Dante's Inferno, and the others I linked to. I think that is it for titles so far.
Note: The Amazon editions don't have the "set" volume number on the spine.
Atropa - Jan 23, 2011 10:24:24 am PST #13711 of 28288
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I don't really *need* another edition of Dracula. I don't I don't I don't. And if I was going to buy another copy, it would probably be this one: [link]
erin_obscure - Jan 23, 2011 10:49:04 am PST #13712 of 28288
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Ok, 35 pages in and i think i might have found indications of conflict to come. Shall continue reading.
Cass - Jan 23, 2011 2:23:48 pm PST #13713 of 28288
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Those cloth-bound books are gorgeous. Really gorgeous.