Jonathan ,'Touched'
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, I just heard about a study that says that's exactly why it's hard for people to talk on the cellphone and drive - it's not the verbal so much, as that they are picturing the other person, to the detriment of watching traffic.
I hate audiobooks. I've tried and tried, but I hate them. Plus, $35 for a book you can't flip through? No.
I don't buy audiobooks. I nabbed some in a free trial, or I borrow them from the library, rip to iPod and delete when I return them.
On my long commute it was perfect. These days, NSM. Now that I neither drive far nor exercise poor James Bond hasn't even gotten to the good bits yet.
No books in the bathroom. Sorry.
I bring reading materials into the bathroom and GF hates it.
When I worked at the bookstore people would try to bring reading material into the bathrooms there, which is just too icky. Luckily there are alarms, so most of the time, we could stop them.
I'm going to booktalk Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer this morning and I haven't read it yet. I looked at the description on Amazon so I have some info. Any details anyone can add to "sell" the book to teenage boys?
Well, there is danger and harrowing death. Complete with dying phonecalls to a beloved wife all the way in New Zealand.
Also, terrible frostbite.
Incredible stupidity and uh. . . yeah, that's all I remember.
It convinced me to never try mountain climbing, but I can't remember any details.
t /failing to be helpful
There's also a remarkable rescue of someone given up for dead. Lots of adventure. Lots of altitude sickness. Lots of "the people who do this are completely psycho." It certainly has discussion material. What would you go through to achieve a goal? What goal would you give up to save someone else's life? Is being able to talk to your wife on a satellite phone when both she and you know you are doomed a good thing?
Also - discussion of how Everest has been environmentally compromised by all the trips up there now. How the popularity of climbing Everest has added to the danger because the window of opportunity is so small.