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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."

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Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 5:32:08 am PST #1395 of 10002

"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

If it's already been recommended, I apologize - but along that vein, I LOVE Laurie King's historical mystery series -- starts with The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Have you read the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters? It's set in the 19th century, a woman Egyptian archaeologist/detective and her family. Books are set in London and Egypt. I quite like them.

Typo Boy - Mar 17, 2004 5:57:45 am PST #1396 of 10002

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Have you read the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters? It's set in the 19th century, a woman Egyptian archaeologist/detective and her family. Books are set in London and Egypt. I quite like them.

I liked the first fifty-seven. After that reading new ones grew a bit redundant.

t /Rhetorical Exaggeration

Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 7:06:50 am PST #1397 of 10002

"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I liked the first fifty-seven. After that reading new ones grew a bit redundant.

I've read four or five of them. Out of order, of course, which isn't a big deal. Happens a lot with series. "Elizabeth Peters" also writes romance novels under the name Barbara Michaels, and I think that she has another pseudonym as well.

Java cat - Mar 17, 2004 7:39:09 am PST #1398 of 10002

Not javachik

i (put those italics back in place!)

Thanks Kate! I was wondering. It's an unusual experience for me, the usually prolific reader, to know the sound of a word before I know the look of the word. Signed, the person who was certain "segue" was pronounced "seg-goo" from reading it for many years without having heard it spoken, and many other similar examples. I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!

DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 7:40:47 am PST #1399 of 10002

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!

One of the nice feature of online dictionaries is the pronounciation button, where you can hear the word properly pronounced.

Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:41:00 am PST #1400 of 10002

Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse

I had a very embarrassing incident with the word facade in 7th grade or so....

Beverly - Mar 17, 2004 7:43:17 am PST #1401 of 10002

Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

"fuckedy?" Hee. My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."

I still say "munciple" in my head, only just managing to rearrange it to municiple before it hits audible.

Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:44:40 am PST #1402 of 10002

Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse

"fuckedy?"

nope, "fa-Kade"

Megan E. - Mar 17, 2004 7:45:03 am PST #1403 of 10002

My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."

I said it "chay-ous"

Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 7:46:02 am PST #1404 of 10002

Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."

Until I was about 18 or so. No, really.

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