Why did she refuse to read the novel?
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Mar 15, 2009 9:26:43 am PDT #3598 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
beth b - Mar 15, 2009 9:27:51 am PDT #3599 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It would not be what a proper christian girl would do -- read a frivolous novel on a Sunday
vw bug - Mar 15, 2009 9:29:29 am PDT #3600 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
It would not be what a proper christian girl would do -- read a frivolous novel on a Sunday
When my mom was growing up, they didn't do any sewing, handwork, reading novels, watching television, etc. on Sundays. Her father was a minister, and they spent the day at church or reflecting on the Bible.
Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 9:29:39 am PDT #3601 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Exactly. Proper books for a Sunday are the Bible or Pilgrim's Progress.
Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 9:30:46 am PDT #3602 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Her father says she's too young to make decisions about right and wrong for herself, and if he says that it's right to read a novel on a Sunday, then it is, and she can't contradict him.
Ginger - Mar 15, 2009 9:33:26 am PDT #3603 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I can tell you one book you shouldn't read on Sunday or those other days ending in Y: another Elsie book. At least not unless you're writing Elsie fanfic in which her father dies a painful death.
Calli - Mar 15, 2009 9:45:17 am PDT #3604 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Elsie fanfic in which her father dies a painful death.
Oh, yes. Elsie suffers a psychotic break, where she believes herself to be Jael and her father to be Sisera. "Have a nice glass of milk, Father dear."
Laga - Mar 15, 2009 11:02:12 am PDT #3605 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I wish when I dreamed about working out that I could burn the calories... On the other hand, sometimes I dream about my teeth falling out.
Scrappy - Mar 15, 2009 11:31:34 am PDT #3606 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I, for one, am enjoying the Hil take on these books. I don't have to read them and they are just so awful in a hilarious way.
Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 11:35:42 am PDT #3607 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, Elsie just convinced a dying slave to believe in Jesus. The woman was reluctant, because,
"You don't mean _dat_, Miss Elsie! You don't mean dat God will save poor ole Dinah, an' gib her hebben, an' all for nuffin?" she inquired, raising herself on her elbow in her eagerness.