De Lint also wrote a children's book called A Circle of Cats that is just gorgeous.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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."
Laga - Oct 11, 2008 7:37:54 pm PDT #7740 of 28414
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Barb - Oct 12, 2008 6:15:19 am PDT #7741 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
Hey all, I'm in a heartless phase and sorting through books to give away-- generally, I schlep them up to the library, but I figured if anyone here wanted a crack at them, I'd be more than happy to send.
Because I get so many freebies when I go to conferences, some of them I haven't even read, so I can't vouch for their quality, but like I said, if they sound in the slightest bit interesting, I'll be more than happy to send. Just let me know if you want me to post a list.
Amy - Oct 12, 2008 6:25:04 am PDT #7742 of 28414
Because books.
Oh, please!
t /book whore
Beverly - Oct 12, 2008 8:09:30 am PDT #7743 of 28414
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
book whore
Will fuck for books? There's...no downside there, is there?
I'm going to have to build retaining walls for my TBR pile(s).
Amy - Oct 12, 2008 8:13:36 am PDT #7744 of 28414
Because books.
I'll do lots of things for books, baby.
Beverly - Oct 12, 2008 9:09:50 am PDT #7745 of 28414
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I ruthlessly went through my old paperbacks and admitted which ones I would *never* read again. And, okay, I did search for them online and make sure I could replace them used if I ever did want to re-read. And gave them to DH to trade at Ed McKay's. He recycles books, and only keeps pbs in a series he loves or knows he'll re-read. My problem is the still TBR. My eyes have always been bigger than...my eyes, with books. I just can't read fast enough. And I'm plagued by the urge to re-read nearly as often as the urge to read something new.
Thence, the teetering TBR piles. For which there is no shelf space. Shelf space is only for the keepers.
sarameg - Oct 12, 2008 3:47:33 pm PDT #7746 of 28414
Ed McKay's
OMG, I remember them! They were my preferred source for romance and mystery purchasing and sellback in G'boro (I was a poor student. No way could I afford my reading habits without trade-in.) Hadn't realized they were statewide. I could probably still remember how to get there from the college.
Beverly - Oct 12, 2008 4:29:50 pm PDT #7747 of 28414
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
They have a branch in Winston now. But the Gbro one is still the best.
lisah - Oct 13, 2008 6:32:54 am PDT #7748 of 28414
Punishingly Intricate
OMG, I remember them! They were my preferred source for romance and mystery purchasing and sellback in G'boro
hah! Yeah! I loved that place!
Toddson - Oct 14, 2008 5:17:04 am PDT #7749 of 28414
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Fay, I've been reading Charlaine Harris for ... well, quite a while. I liked the Lily Bard/Shakespeare series quite a lot. I think her series kind of run out after five books - I found the Aurora Teagarden ones kind of cloying after that point and I've given up on the Sookie Stackhouse ones. I'm enjoying the Grave series, although the incest overtones haven't squicked me. She also did an earlier, non-series, one called A Secret Rage that I thought was good - with the popularity of her more recent books they seem to be reprinting her older ones.