Oh, and this summer a friend gave me the Jane Eyre book purse. It is all kinds of awesome. You can imagine the comments I get when I bring it out in public.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
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."
Jean A. - Dec 09, 2011 4:21:39 pm PST #17032 of 28286
sj - Dec 09, 2011 4:22:37 pm PST #17033 of 28286
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I don't need Margaret Atwood, but I definitely need Frances Hodgson Burnett, GK Chesterton and Carson McCullers, and I wouldn't say no to Charlotte Bronte or Edith Wharton either.
I didn't look to see if there were other dolls, and now I'm not going to look because it could be dangerous.
Aaaiiieeeee, no I hadn't! Dammit, all these amazing altered book purses, and no spending money. Grr.
Sorry.
Amy - Dec 09, 2011 4:32:12 pm PST #17034 of 28286
Because books.
I thought the dolls were sort of weird-looking, sadly. Because a Charlotte Bronte would be awesome. Or an Emily Dickinson.
Yeah, I'll forgo Margaret Atwood and go with Charlotte Bronte, Darcy and Elisabeth, and all four Little Women.
I had all four Little Women Madame Alexander dolls when I was little! I LOVED them.
JZ - Dec 09, 2011 4:41:52 pm PST #17035 of 28286
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I don't know; I sort of totally groove on the weirdness of them. I'd make a little literary weirdness tableau, with images like this, this and this as backdrops.
Amy - Dec 09, 2011 4:43:40 pm PST #17036 of 28286
Because books.
THE JANE EYRE WOODCUT!
Sorry. It makes me a little giddy.
amyth - Dec 09, 2011 4:48:33 pm PST #17037 of 28286
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Would Fay's story be part of this collection?
Fay's not in that book, but she's in this one.
(And smonster, you have the earlier book of Tiny Stories, the white one. The red one is the new one.)
smonster - Dec 09, 2011 4:52:03 pm PST #17038 of 28286
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
OOO. New one.
amyth - Dec 09, 2011 4:54:06 pm PST #17039 of 28286
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Gurl, Santa.
...maybe.
Ginger - Dec 09, 2011 6:13:01 pm PST #17040 of 28286
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I had all four Little Women Madame Alexander dolls when I was little! I LOVED them.
I still have those, plus Marmee and Laurie. My grandmother gave them to me over three years of birthdays and Christmases.
Amy - Dec 09, 2011 6:15:28 pm PST #17041 of 28286
Because books.
Actually, I think I had a wee Laurie, too. For some reason, I had them in two sizes -- Jo and Meg were bigger, maybe 12 inches, and Amy and Beth and Laurie were smaller, maybe 8 inches? Something like that. I did not have Marmee! I'll have to chastise my mother.
I think I still have at least some of them somewhere. Some of them I gave to my niece before Sara was even an idea, sadly.