I have my copy of War and Peace. I ended up going with the Garnett translation.
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."
kindle was able to download the April Asimov's
Aw hooray!
Did you know that there are books about Laura Ingalls Wilder's female antecedents? Her Scottish great-grandmother Martha, her Bostonian grandmother Charlotte and her mother, Caroline. Information about the books at the author's website.
For those who are interested, Wolf Hall starts tonight on PBS.
I am so watching that later. Deb Harkness was talking about it on Wednesday and I was in all kinds of agreement, and then realized I was talking fannish tv with Deb Harkness.
Maybe I'll catch it online, since I work Sunday evenings.
mind blown, by that comment, Norah.
Ha Kat! Yes. It was the night of the big event I put on at USC and, since she's a USC prof, I had asked her to be the speaker. She was terrific, and it was fun just chatting with her too. She's very charming.
It was also the first time that the Provost and I really had a good talk. I've been doing this for 3 years, and I knew he was shy, but I figured he just didn't warm up to me. But I guess it takes a couple years before he warms up? Who knows. Anyway, it was nicely affirming.