All my shelving space is full. On the other hand, I could probably cull some of it... again.
Or just throw out the diary from 15 years ago that I can't even look at without cringing. You think?
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Emily - Sep 24, 2007 4:52:53 am PDT #3935 of 28764
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Jars - Sep 24, 2007 4:53:54 am PDT #3936 of 28764
I just threw out my teenage years diary. It had stopped making me cringe a while back, but it was taking up space while moving, so it got culled.
Volans - Sep 24, 2007 6:38:13 am PDT #3937 of 28764
move out and draw fire
For the first time ever, we have two coffee table books on our coffee table. It's weird.
Laga - Sep 24, 2007 5:03:19 pm PDT #3938 of 28764
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I could never bring myself to throw out any of my diaries. There is much cringeworthiness but they're also part of me.
Consuela - Sep 24, 2007 8:19:46 pm PDT #3939 of 28764
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I am bothered, though, by the curious ingratitude of authors who exploit a common fund of imagery while pretending to have nothing to do with the fellow-authors who created it and left it open to all who want to use it. A little return generosity would hardly come amiss.
How much do I love Ursula LeGuin? So very much.
Toddson - Sep 25, 2007 4:00:33 am PDT #3940 of 28764
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I am de-booking myself. sigh. I'm going to miss some of them, but a lot of them are books I'll never read again and they're just occupying space. I hauled three shopping bags full to the library for their book sale ... when I wandered by (you thought I was going to miss a book sale? silly!) I found I kept reaching for books and then thinking "no, I brought that one".
meara - Sep 25, 2007 5:11:34 am PDT #3941 of 28764
Ooh, what library, Toddson? Where? Are there limits on donations? I need a place to take a lot of books!
Volans - Sep 25, 2007 5:33:31 am PDT #3942 of 28764
move out and draw fire
Why do I suspect that LeGuin's review is better written and nicer to read than the book she's reviewing? I do love the phrase "openly commits genre."
Kate P. - Sep 25, 2007 5:59:42 am PDT #3943 of 28764
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
That's a great review; Le Guin is a class act. I'm sort of interested to read the book, but I was so disappointed in The Powerbook that I've been too afraid to read anything Winterson has done since. She was one of my favorite, and most formative, authors for a long time, though, so perhaps I owe her another chance.
Toddson - Sep 25, 2007 6:00:13 am PDT #3944 of 28764
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
meara, DC public library. I think the Cleveland Park branch is having their sale this coming weekend. But I think most of the branches will accept bags of books - you might call and inquire. I took mine to the main library (MLK at 9th and G), where they have their Books Plus mini-store. The guy smiled and said "thank you" when I handed over a shopping bag full of paperbacks.