When my daughter was reading Amber Spyglass we spent at least 30 minutes trying to draw the mulefa. (lisah, I say muffaleta too! Annoyed the female child like whoa!)
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
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."
DawnK - Apr 07, 2008 8:29:17 am PDT #5443 of 28344
giraffe mode
Volans - Apr 10, 2008 9:08:36 am PDT #5444 of 28344
move out and draw fire
I just found Grammar Girl..very cool. [link]
And in book news, I also just found Howard's Solomon Kane stories. I wasn't a huge Conan fan, but I'm kind of digging on Kane.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2008 9:12:34 am PDT #5445 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wasn't a huge Conan fan, but I'm kind of digging on Kane.
I think they're his best sword and sorcery stories. Very goth! Neal Adams did some gorgeous comics versions. But I'm also a big fan of REH's Dennis Dorgan stories and A Gent From Bear Creek (surprisingly funnny, since that's not what you'd expect from Conan's glower).
Pix - Apr 11, 2008 10:03:18 am PDT #5446 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
Raq, I subscribe to her podcast through iTunes. Fun!
Speaking of, did I recommend Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies by June Casagrande? SO funny. Educational, too.
DebetEsse - Apr 11, 2008 1:18:29 pm PDT #5447 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Thing that should exist on the Internet:
A database (probably a wiki) where one might find books of a high reading level, but with content appropriate to a 5th grader.
Possibly something like those film sites that go rate movies on level of violence, sex, drug use, etc.
Does this exist, to anyone's knowledge?
sj - Apr 12, 2008 8:21:52 am PDT #5448 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I am looking through my books because I am moving soon, and I have a question for the other bibliophiles. If there is an author you normally really enjoy who writes one book that you really don't like, do you get rid of that book, or do you keep it so that you will have every book by that author?
megan walker - Apr 12, 2008 8:25:00 am PDT #5449 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hmmm, as an anti-pack rat completist, that's a tough one.
Do they match?
sj - Apr 12, 2008 8:26:41 am PDT #5450 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Do they match?
They're all hardcovers, if that's what you mean.
Anne W. - Apr 12, 2008 8:28:17 am PDT #5451 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
If they're hardcovers, I'd be inclined to keep.
megan walker - Apr 12, 2008 8:30:49 am PDT #5452 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh sj, you are talking to someone currently selling some of her Asterix collection in order to repurchase new ones so that all the bindings match (the publishers changed mid-stream).