I have no problem writing/underlining/etc. in mass-market paperbacks.
I sometimes write in trade paperbacks (of novels, NOT comics).
I would sooner cut off my hand than write in a hardcover book that isn't a textbook.
Bizarre hierarchy, huh?
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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."
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2008 7:37:02 am PDT #6940 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Kathy A - Aug 11, 2008 7:41:13 am PDT #6941 of 28385
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Is that where the 70% off books come from?
Yep! What happens is that hardcover books get pulled from the regular shelves within a few months of release, eventually sold to a remainder company that warehouses them for a few years, and then they sell them back to the stores as bargain books.
ChiKat - Aug 11, 2008 8:19:34 am PDT #6942 of 28385
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I happily write in all my books. It's like I'm having a conversation with them.
Jessica - Aug 11, 2008 8:47:32 am PDT #6943 of 28385
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Random thought I had on the plane yesterday rereading my Bujolds: David Tennant should play Miles Vorkosigan.
I've been trying to mentally cast that role for years, and it finally clicked and now I want a miniseries. (Dear Universe, please to be making this happen. Kthxbye.)
Miracleman - Aug 11, 2008 8:58:25 am PDT #6944 of 28385
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2008 9:08:20 am PDT #6945 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
MM, K-bunny's t-shirt is the funniest thing I've seen in a LONG time.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 11, 2008 9:18:57 am PDT #6946 of 28385
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
MM - bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Priceless. And Teppy's so right about the t-shirt.
Barb - Aug 12, 2008 5:53:29 am PDT #6947 of 28385
“Not dead yet!”
More Breaking Dawn blather: From an interview with Meyer herself
Question: How was Bella's pregnancy possible? — Deep
Meyer: One of the longest things about this last year is that I've been reading all these quotes that people have been attributing to me that I never said. I had a rough draft of [this story] by the beginning of 2004, so before I ever did a tour or answered any questions or did an interview, I knew where the story was going. ... When people said, "Hey, can vampires have babies?" I always said no, because female vampires don't change at all, and it takes a lot of change for your body to accommodate a fetus, so it's not possible. But I never said anything about the part that I knew was coming. ... It is true ... there's a whole chromosomal-count difference, but venom works a lot of different ways, so for me, it always worked just fine.
Oh, well that explains it all
NOT
le nubian - Aug 12, 2008 6:00:09 am PDT #6948 of 28385
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, what horseshit.
"venom" is that what they're calling it these days?
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2008 6:06:18 am PDT #6949 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
On the other hand, Joss established fairly strongly that vamps can't have babies, but I really didn't blink when Darla got knocked up by Angel. So there's that.