Oh, wow. A first edition signed copy of To Kill a Mockingbird on Antiques Roadshow.
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
'Dirty Girls'
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."
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2012 3:48:36 pm PST #17407 of 28266
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dana - Jan 09, 2012 4:49:46 pm PST #17408 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Even the list of sad books is depressing.
beth b - Jan 09, 2012 8:34:15 pm PST #17409 of 28266
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 28266
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 28266
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 28266
"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 28266
"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 28266
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.)
Polgara - Jan 11, 2012 10:04:06 am PST #17415 of 28266
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Matilda: Juice. And skin.
What books have you been giving her??
Frankenbuddha - Jan 11, 2012 10:06:02 am PST #17416 of 28266
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What books have you been giving her??
I'm picturing the Necromonicon from the Evil Dead movies.