Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Me: The jelly is more, well, jellied, and the jam is jamish. I just don't like it.
For most things, I prefer jam. But grape is kind of the ur-jelly - grape jam seems strange and off-putting.
Relatedly, I was trying to explain to someone what tamarind tastes like, and it occurs to me that fruit is seriously hard to describe without resorting to that sort of thing. More than most things, I think.
I was trying to describe what pomegranates taste like, and I ran into a similar problem. I ended up with "kind of cranberry-ish."
(My typing has gone all to hell.)
I've created my Library Thing list, and it's only maybe 20% done, and all from what I remember off the top of my head. I know a lot of those classic titles are the wrong editions--I think I'll have to pull off all my books one shelf at a time and search for the specific edition by ISBN.
I stopped worrying about specific editions, though that offends the cataloger in my soul.
Connie, I was just looking at your list--you have Lost Christianities? I had that on ILL order from the library, but when I finally got down there to pick it up, they had sent it back a few days before. I'll have to order it again (when I finally return my veeeerrry overdue current ILL checkout on the Little Ice Age).
you have Lost Christianities?
Yep, I've developed a lust for knowledge about early Christianity, especially how it affects social beliefs--note the several books about gay history. I've been wondering where the kneejerk "God hates such-and-such!" comes from, so I'm digging into the past. The history of thought and attitude fascinates me.
Thank you, Gar. My betas have told me that my muse is Chandleria...I suppose sometimes it's true.
As creepy-stalky as it sounds, I put all you Thingamabrarians I could find on my watch list! But at least I'm letting you know... :)
Connie--there's much talk about correct editions etc. in the talky sections--just wait until you discover... COMBINING. It is heaven, it is hell.
Katrina ate my liberry.
Ita, seriously?! Damn...
I added Library people, just as Lola did, but I wasn't planning to post about it, because I am CREEPY.
I'll have to stalk everybody myself, now! We can be classy stalkers!