One of us!
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jan 29, 2013 9:16:01 am PST #20338 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
erikaj - Jan 29, 2013 9:55:16 am PST #20339 of 28348
Always Anti-fascist!
I feel sad about the Barnes & Noble closings...I like the one in my neighborhood, even though I haven't been in for months.
DavidS - Jan 29, 2013 10:55:23 am PST #20340 of 28348
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I feel sad about the Barnes & Noble closings...
Every bookstore closing is a like a stab to my heart. But I'll be really bummed if the B&N in El Cerrito closes, since that's chiefly where I cool my heels when Emmett's got baseball practice.
erikaj - Jan 29, 2013 10:59:52 am PST #20341 of 28348
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Kat - Jan 29, 2013 11:12:24 am PST #20342 of 28348
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I miss card catalogs. For whatever reason it was easier for me to track stuff down paging through one card at a time than calling up a web page with a million options on it. Plus, the visceral feel of handling the drawers and cards was nice.
ITA with this. Granted, this marks me Of An Age... but I love card catalogs. At SF Public Library, they used to have an art installation of those cards.
I have a 4 drawer card catalog wood box at home. I want to use it for something, but can't think of what. To store wine, maybe?
Strix - Jan 29, 2013 11:33:08 am PST #20343 of 28348
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I sincerely hope the B&N on the Plaza in KC doesn't close. I think it probably does a healthy business, though.
javachik - Jan 29, 2013 12:09:12 pm PST #20344 of 28348
Our wings are not tired.
I feel sad about the Barnes & Noble closings...I like the one in my neighborhood, even though I haven't been in for months.
Is that the one we went to?
Polter-Cow - Jan 29, 2013 12:29:28 pm PST #20345 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't realize there were B&Ns closing! I was sad when Borders went under.
Liese S. - Jan 29, 2013 12:40:54 pm PST #20346 of 28348
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I kept being excited about B&N big sales when I was in various ones in various towns where I'd previously lived...until I realized they were clearance sales because they were closing.
They still have lots of those big flagship stores in fancy malls, though, where they sell lots more toys than books, it seems. I dunno.
They were selling one of my childhood libraries' card catalogs at one point, and I badly wanted to buy them, but really, what was I going to do with them? It wasn't like they were selling the bookshelves. (Years later, when they remodeled the church library at our mission, I totally claimed one of the bookshelves. It's awesome. It takes up the whole wall of my guest room.)
Amy - Jan 29, 2013 12:41:55 pm PST #20347 of 28348
Because books.
B&N has been close to bankruptcy for years.
I was in a card shop the other day that had notecards featuring old card catalog cards with weird titles. They were awesome. I miss card catalogs too. And stamps!