Taunty McTaunterpants
Hey, I just want people to get there so I can flail about it with other people!
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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."
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2011 11:44:55 am PDT #16675 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2011 1:04:10 pm PDT #16676 of 28282
brillig
Are you telling me you're trying to get me hooked on a series where I can't even get to half of the books?
not only not at my library, but NOT IN THIS COUNTRY?
NOT ON!
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2011 1:38:38 pm PDT #16677 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Are you telling me you're trying to get me hooked on a series where I can't even get to half of the books?
Not from the library, no. Amazon UK has them, though. Don't know what the Kindle/Nook prices are, though.
Ginger - Oct 17, 2011 2:00:35 pm PDT #16678 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
National Book Foundation takes one foot out of mouth and inserts the other one, asking the author mistakenly named as a National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist to withdraw [link]
Pix - Oct 17, 2011 4:49:59 pm PDT #16679 of 28282
The status is NOT quo.
I did buy books 4 and 5 from the UK and pay for shipping. I don’t have book 6 yet, but oh yes, I will be buying it.
Typo Boy - Oct 17, 2011 5:47:14 pm PDT #16680 of 28282
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Are these available in Canada? Cause sometimes that is a way to get UK books before US publication without paying overseas shipping.
Kate P. - Oct 18, 2011 7:44:01 am PDT #16681 of 28282
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
National Book Foundation takes one foot out of mouth and inserts the other one, asking the author mistakenly named as a National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist to withdraw [link].
It's really kind of shocking what jackasses they're proving to be. The original mistake was bad enough, but they have completely mishandled it. Poor Lauren Myracle.
Ginger - Oct 18, 2011 7:53:17 am PDT #16682 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm still baffled that people who deal in words seem to have transmitted important information by way of the telephone game.
Kate P. - Oct 18, 2011 7:55:35 am PDT #16683 of 28282
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Supposedly they don't write anything down in order to keep the info from leaking, but really -- nobody mentioned the authors' names? Nobody doublechecked to make sure they had the right titles?
Ginger - Oct 18, 2011 7:59:38 am PDT #16684 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I trust they now understand that accidentally leaking the correct authors would be far preferable to officially announcing the wrong ones.
Also, they trust people they tell over the phone not to tell anyone, but they think those same people will forward an e-mail to the known world? Their brains appear to be missing.