I think someone needs to write me some post-Chosen Buffy fic set in one of those libraries.
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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."
Topic!Cindy - Nov 07, 2006 12:41:14 am PST #1426 of 28146
What is even happening?
Sophia Brooks - Nov 07, 2006 4:34:10 am PST #1427 of 28146
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The last picture, of the Trinity College library, is AMAZING in the book. It's so gorgeous, it makes me want to cry. And lick the picture.
I am glad you said this, because I was beginning to think I was the only one who had tear welling from looking at the beautiful libraries.
Aims - Nov 07, 2006 6:44:25 am PST #1428 of 28146
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I just started In Cold Blood. Dear gods Capote is a beautiful writer. It reads like poetry and has an eloquence that I've not read in a very long time. It pulled me in right off and his details and his passion for the story come through immediately. I can picture in my head exactly what Mr. Clutter looked like.
And I'm only on page 15!!
Also we picked up Anansi Boys at B&N the other day. Joe showed me the book (regular sized paperback) and I looked at it and frowned. He asked what was wrong as I whined, "But it doesn't match American Gods. It's too small."
He laughed and laughed at me.
brenda m - Nov 07, 2006 6:46:16 am PST #1429 of 28146
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I totally get you, Aimee. I was thrilled to see that I could get Anansi Boys to match my (regular sized) American Gods.
Jessica - Nov 07, 2006 6:47:56 am PST #1430 of 28146
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The first book I buy by an author determines the format in which all their other books will be purchased, for that very reason. Otherwise they can't live together on the shelf, and what good is that?
Aims - Nov 07, 2006 6:51:42 am PST #1431 of 28146
Shit's all sorts of different now.
See, and that's where Nora Roberts pissed me off. I have half of the "In Death..." series in paperback and the other half in hardcover. Now, I know that I could have just waited for the paperbacks to come out and not bought the hardcovers. But, yeah, right. I love Eve and Roarke and I didn't WANT to wait.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2006 7:54:48 am PST #1432 of 28146
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first book I buy by an author determines the format in which all their other books will be purchased, for that very reason.
Whew. I only match within series.
Lee - Nov 07, 2006 8:53:43 am PST #1433 of 28146
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I suddenly feel like my bookshelves have run amuck.
Amy - Nov 07, 2006 8:57:37 am PST #1434 of 28146
Because books.
I only match within series, too. But I also love hardcover books, so sometimes when I have a favorite novel in a worn-out mass market or trade edition, and I spot a used hardcover in good shape (for a good price) I'll pick it up.
Sheryl - Nov 07, 2006 8:57:44 am PST #1435 of 28146
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I understand the feeling, Lee. Match? Books are supposed to match?