"You read such different books! I've heard you recommend to customers titles on everything from early Christianity to the Time Travelers Wife, then science books, and now musical theater?"
I don't really read non-fiction, other than the news.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
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."
Dana - Sep 05, 2008 11:35:27 am PDT #7297 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Toddson - Sep 05, 2008 11:41:37 am PDT #7298 of 28404
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
so ... no non-fiction at all?
Dana - Sep 05, 2008 11:43:58 am PDT #7299 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Almost none. Occasionally a biography, but...I'm thinking, I'm looking at my shelves...
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2008 12:49:00 pm PDT #7300 of 28404
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I rarely *buy* non-fiction, but I get it from the library a lot. I mostly buy fiction. And comics. (Which is also fiction, but a specific kind of fiction that I felt deserved its own mention.) (IloveyouBlueBeetle!)
Kathy A - Sep 05, 2008 1:13:23 pm PDT #7301 of 28404
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I haven't bought fullpriced fiction (that wasn't a paperback romance) in a very long time. I've gotten a few titles from book sales here at work or picked up bargain titles from the bookstore, otherwise, it's all non-fiction for me and my wallet. That American musical theater book was $45 pre-employee discount (which still meant that I paid $35 for it after tax), so it'll probably be my last book purchase for some time.
I'm still buying too many DVD sets, though--just got the Simon Schama History of Britain set at B&N (TV sets are 40% off right now, FYI!), and I bought the Spaced set a month or so ago.
megan walker - Sep 05, 2008 1:19:25 pm PDT #7302 of 28404
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I'm selling books these days, not buying. The library is my friend.
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2008 2:53:12 pm PDT #7303 of 28404
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Selections from H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sample Copywriter: [link]
Caramel Chew: There is a dimension ruled by a blind caramel God-King who sits on a vast, cyclopean milk-chocolate throne while his mindless, gooey followers dance to the piping of crazed flutes. It is said that there are gateways in our world that lead to this caramel hell-planet. The delectable Caramel Chew may be one such portal.
Now I really want a Caramel Chew.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 05, 2008 3:46:41 pm PDT #7304 of 28404
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I wanted to beat Nelly Dean to death with a shovel.
Can I help, please! She always drives me absolutely crazy. For different reasons, I feel the same way about Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca".
I, too, am a member of the 'will read anything including the cereal boxes' club.
Right now I'm enjoying the "Vampire Kisses" series and "'Salem's Lot", again.
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2008 3:47:30 pm PDT #7305 of 28404
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca".
Eeeeeeeevil.
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2008 3:48:41 pm PDT #7306 of 28404
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jane Austen tries her hand at advertising: [link]