Oh, awesome! Please let me know if that happens so I can tell Seanan.
P-C, looks like it will be happening :) two classes, one grad, one undergrad. hee.
I totally earned my bookpusher badge.
Tell her she looked great at the Hugos.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'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."
hippocampus - Aug 22, 2011 11:58:24 am PDT #16149 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
Polter-Cow - Aug 22, 2011 12:26:13 pm PDT #16150 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, awesome! Please let me know if that happens so I can tell Seanan.
P-C, looks like it will be happening :) two classes, one grad, one undergrad. hee.
So cool!!
Tell her she looked great at the Hugos.
I shall.
sumi - Aug 23, 2011 4:38:33 am PDT #16151 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
A book about fonts - is this guy a buffista?
sumi - Aug 23, 2011 5:52:47 am PDT #16152 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
Is 11 and up - YA or still children's?
I just discovered that Jane Smiley has been writing a series of horsy books for that age group. (The 3rd one is coming out next month.)
They are:
The Georges and the Jewels
A Good Horse
True Blue
I have to say that I love when Smiley writes horses - she is very good at it. (And it's so cool to have such a talented writer writing about something that I so much enjoy.)
Amy - Aug 23, 2011 6:02:45 am PDT #16153 of 28333
Because books.
Given the subject matter, they're probably middle grade books. I hadn't heard of them, though! I need to go look them up.
Kathy A - Aug 23, 2011 7:31:13 am PDT #16154 of 28333
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of Stross, I just started reading The Atrocity Archives on the plane back from my weekend trip. I didn't get started until late in the flight (sat next to a really interesting retired Navy guy who told me fascinating stories and recommended some good books), but I am planning on getting back to the book soon, after I finish my mom's Xmas present.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2011 5:59:15 am PDT #16155 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
I am so sad. My copy of Fortress of Solitude split down the middle. I have re-read it many times, but, still, I hate to see that. That is what an e-reader would be nice for. But I have to admit to liking to touch and smell paper books. Also, my habit of eating and reading would be a disaster there, not just sloppy. Although I should be mad at that book, as I love it so much, I bought at least two other Lethems that were nowhere near as good.
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2011 2:16:37 pm PDT #16156 of 28333
brillig
Also, my habit of eating and reading would be a disaster there, not just sloppy.
Well, with the screen protector on, it's much easier to wipe off the dripped cheese sauce from the nachos from the nook's screen than from a book's page.
zuisa - Aug 25, 2011 7:21:56 am PDT #16157 of 28333
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Has anyone else seen this? It's a few years old but I saw it linked on Tumblr today.
First of all I can't believe there are still schools banning those books, but running an illegal library out of your locker? That is one kick-ass kid.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2011 7:29:02 am PDT #16158 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My favorite part?
Twilight is banned also, but I don't want that polluting my library.