so ... no non-fiction at all?
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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."
Toddson - Sep 05, 2008 11:41:37 am PDT #7298 of 28769
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Dana - Sep 05, 2008 11:43:58 am PDT #7299 of 28769
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
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 28769
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 28769
"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 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
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 28769
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 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca".
Eeeeeeeevil.
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2008 3:48:41 pm PDT #7306 of 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Jane Austen tries her hand at advertising: [link]
Gadget_Girl - Sep 05, 2008 3:51:13 pm PDT #7307 of 28769
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Eeeeeeeevil.
Pure and unadulterated.