I'm going to have to put in new tags for Hubby's Books and Household Books. It's weird, there are books about the house that I don't consider Mine but which aren't necessarily Hubby's but which aren't candidates for getting rid of. If I call one of the books Mine, then I get weirdly possessive. I look at the piles of Viking history and such and go "Well, that's not my book," and I haven't put them into LibraryThing. I had no idea I was such a segregationist when it came to the books.
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
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 - Mar 30, 2007 5:27:19 am PDT #2414 of 28175
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Kathy A - Mar 30, 2007 9:52:19 am PDT #2415 of 28175
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The Chicago Tribune actually has an intermittent feature called "Potter Watch." The latest update (registration required) has a tidbit from the American publisher who's read the book and says it's "a very, very emotional book" and that he sobbed when reading it.
They also go into some of the speculation about the cover art that we've gone through here, as well as a question from an HP fan who wonders how to handle a wedding and the book release on the same day (the paper's etiquette advisor, and fellow HP fan, uses Harry's integrity as an example of how to postpone book gratification to attend the wedding and reception).
Atropa - Mar 30, 2007 9:52:51 am PDT #2416 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I just finished the new Kim Harrison book last night, and really liked it. And unlike Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison kills off secondary characters the main character is in a relationship with! Not to mention one of the main Big Bads. I was very surprised. Pleased, but surprised.
Steph L. - Mar 30, 2007 9:55:41 am PDT #2417 of 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
the American publisher who's read the book and says it's "a very, very emotional book" and that he sobbed when reading it.
HBP made me cry, when Snape killed Dumbledore.
Polter-Cow - Mar 30, 2007 10:06:10 am PDT #2418 of 28175
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Page 606.
DawnK - Mar 30, 2007 10:08:03 am PDT #2419 of 28175
giraffe mode
HBP made me cry, when Snape killed Dumbledore
I was pretty good until Fawkes sang at the funeral. Then I lost it.
Aims - Mar 30, 2007 10:26:14 am PDT #2420 of 28175
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sobbing mess, I was.
That's how Joe knew what happened.
Gris - Mar 30, 2007 11:42:53 am PDT #2421 of 28175
Hey. New board.
I cried multiple times. Fawkes bit killed me dead.
I just finished "Fledgling" by Octavia E. Butler. Fun! Anthropological vampire book. Bit creepy at points, with the sexualization of the main character (who happens to be a vampire that looks like an 11-year-old girl. Um.) but generally a neat read.
erikaj - Mar 30, 2007 11:52:08 am PDT #2422 of 28175
Always Anti-fascist!
I like the Harry Potter books, but they don't really push my emotional buttons. Maybe I'm callous and strange.
Amy - Mar 30, 2007 11:53:47 am PDT #2423 of 28175
Because books.
I sobbed at the end of HBP. I can't imagine what The Deathly Hallows is going to do to me.