I'm now picturing P-C running off and rating The Book Thief on Goodreads. (I think we've created an addict!)
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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."
Rayne - Jan 09, 2012 3:08:09 pm PST #17405 of 28476
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2012 3:44:40 pm PST #17406 of 28476
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BOOKS.
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2012 3:48:36 pm PST #17407 of 28476
hwæt
Oh, wow. A first edition signed copy of To Kill a Mockingbird on Antiques Roadshow.
Dana - Jan 09, 2012 4:49:46 pm PST #17408 of 28476
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Even the list of sad books is depressing.
beth b - Jan 09, 2012 8:34:15 pm PST #17409 of 28476
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
the language of sand was really wonderful - well written the main character is a lexicographer. A lexicographer - due to a major even t goes to live in a lighthouse on an island. Words are important, there are ghost stories along with the ghost of the past - and the small town - and just well written
beth b - Jan 09, 2012 8:34:20 pm PST #17410 of 28476
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
actually worth repeating - DH liked it a lot too. and it is real with out feeling typical .
amyth - Jan 10, 2012 2:14:11 am PST #17411 of 28476
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
So, I have an assignment for class. I must choose and read a book (fiction or non-fiction) related to grief and bereavement.
Hood by Emma Donoghue
DavidS - Jan 10, 2012 2:28:52 pm PST #17412 of 28476
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
James Joyce's work is now in the public domain.
2011 was the 70th anniversary year of his death. He passed out of copyright in the new year.
DavidS - Jan 10, 2012 7:50:10 pm PST #17413 of 28476
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jacqueline got very excited about a new promo for Adventure Time which features "the secret guardians of the library."
Matilda was dismissive. "They're just made of paper."
JZ: But that's what books are made of!
Matilda: Real books aren't made out of paper!
JZ: What are they made out of?
Matilda: Juice. And skin.
hippocampus - Jan 11, 2012 4:11:08 am PST #17414 of 28476
not your mom's socks.
The secret life of books: [link]
(apologies if this has been posted elsewhere - I'm in love with it & committing linkspam.)