Three Men in a Boat is a quick read and pretty amusing. I do wonder how someone ends up being named Jerome K Jerome. That’s slightly more boggling than William Carlos Williams, even.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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."
-t - Mar 04, 2023 9:45:55 pm PST #27582 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Mar 04, 2023 10:18:08 pm PST #27583 of 27939
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Three Men in a Boat is a quick read and pretty amusing. I do wonder how someone ends up being named Jerome K Jerome. That’s slightly more boggling than William Carlos Williams, even.
Catch-22 features a character named Major Major Major Major and only the first one is his military rank.
-t - Mar 05, 2023 7:15:07 am PST #27584 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It also mentions how that happened!
Toddson - Mar 06, 2023 12:18:49 pm PST #27585 of 27939
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Don't know if this qualifies as "literary," but there's a book on sale called Girly Drinks. It's about women and booze - making it, drinking it, etc.
Calli - Mar 07, 2023 8:01:27 am PST #27586 of 27939
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles' latest, on my iPad, but I have to work all day. This is wrong, and I would like to lodge a complaint.
-t - Mar 07, 2023 8:46:44 am PST #27587 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Work getting in the way of reading is the worst. Bookblockers.
Toddson - Mar 07, 2023 10:26:48 am PST #27588 of 27939
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yes, I checked my e-books earlier and there it was! still have to work ... have a zoom call at 2:00 and will have to spend most of tomorrow in a staff meeting.
Cashmere - Mar 11, 2023 11:26:08 am PST #27589 of 27939
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles' latest, on my iPad, but I have to work all day. This is wrong, and I would like to lodge a complaint.
I hope you've been enjoying it. She got a new narrator for the audiobook and it's fantastic!
Calli - Mar 11, 2023 4:12:38 pm PST #27590 of 27939
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I am enjoying it! I’m reading the ebook. For some reason, audio books just don’t do it for me. But I’m glad you’re enjoying the new narrator.
Beverly - Mar 12, 2023 12:33:19 am PST #27591 of 27939
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm gifting myself with the two books in Hoffman's Practical Magic series I don't have. I noticed the black and gold theme all the books seem to have, and I knew my copy of PM wasn't black and gold. So I got it out, and it's blue and lavender with a sort of tree design on the dust jacket. I had googled dust jackets for the book and not seen any that looked like mine. Puzzle solved: in the corner of the dj flap is a price marked in pounds. So, a British import. It's still in like-new condition, having been read twice and then shelved. The dj slipped off the back, and in putting it back I noticed inside the back cover, where I'd never noticed it was a fancy plastic bookmark full of Lindesfarne-esque Celtic designs. It was attached with two little dots of glue that was easily scraped off bookmark and page. So...present from the cosmos, I guess. Pretty!