I loved that essay! And this is partially me.
Suggested book-buster reads: Whatever you like, but buy a Kindle.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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."
Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2012 11:08:49 am PDT #19616 of 28370
brillig
Sophia Brooks - Aug 31, 2012 6:01:57 am PDT #19617 of 28370
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am so a book-buster! I love the analogy to Lennie from "Of Mice and Men".
Ginger - Aug 31, 2012 6:47:55 am PDT #19618 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am a Delayed Onset Reader #1 Bookophile with Sleepy Bedtime tendencies.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2012 9:04:10 am PDT #19619 of 28370
brillig
I have Sleepy Bedtime tendencies, which can be bad if I'm reading my Nook or Palm, because I fall asleep and drop them on my nose.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2012 9:44:27 am PDT #19620 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I fall asleep and drop them on my nose
You read with the device held in the air the whole time? My arms would die.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2012 9:59:20 am PDT #19621 of 28370
brillig
well, the arm is braced on a pillow, then I drift off and I lose my grip, then bonk.
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2012 9:59:44 am PDT #19622 of 28370
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I am so lazy I want to figure out a way to make my nook flip the pages automatically at certain intervals. Then I could have it propped outside the covers and keep my arms underneath.
meara - Aug 31, 2012 10:31:13 am PDT #19623 of 28370
Then I could have it propped outside the covers and keep my arms underneath.
I believe this is why the "snuggie" and "slanket" were invented...
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2012 10:58:07 am PDT #19624 of 28370
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Fingers!
bennett - Sep 02, 2012 8:52:19 am PDT #19625 of 28370
Amazon has a bunch (all?) of Andre Norton's Kindle editions for free/cheap. Some are sets of collected works, some are individual titles.