Katerina Clears Her Shelves!
now don't get carried away
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
beth b - Apr 19, 2004 8:32:05 am PDT #2280 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Jess M. - Apr 19, 2004 9:20:42 am PDT #2281 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Oh get carried away! One persons trash and all that...
Katerina Bee - Apr 19, 2004 9:56:46 am PDT #2282 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Attention Bibliophilic Bargain Lovers: Katerina Gets Carried Away and Clears Her Shelves!
I have boxes for shipping and plans for a trip to the USPO. Choose from the fine volumes listed below and e my profile. Do not fear the spam bounce, for you will show up in “Suspect E Mail” if you’re not in the addressbook.. I will check that account on & off until 5:30 pm Pacific time tonight & will let you know if you are the lucky First Requestor.
Has been sitting in the TBR pile long enough that it feels more like a chore than a treat: Midnight Blue Collection: contains: Sunglasses After Dark, In The Blood, Paint It Black, by Nancy A. Collins
Read once. Turned out that was enough. Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland. Pillars of the World / Shadows & Light, Anne Bishop. A Man Named Dave, Dave Peltzer.
I loved these. It turns out I don’t really need more than one copy. Bone from a Dry Sea, Peter Dickinson. Lad of Sunnybank, Albert Payson Terhune, paperback 1968. Heart of A Dog, Albert Payson Terhune, ? 40s or so hardback, b/w illustrations.
If you haven't read the Terhune books, and you like dogs and/or pets in general, you will probably find the stories all heartwarming in a mooshy sort of way.
Beverly - Apr 19, 2004 10:00:04 am PDT #2283 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
WANT the Terhunes, Katerina! Insent with address and stuff.
Deena - Apr 19, 2004 10:02:09 am PDT #2284 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Katerina, could I have the Nancy Collins, please?
eta: insent to your profile addy.
Katerina Bee - Apr 19, 2004 3:16:31 pm PDT #2285 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Gentle Readers, I have assigned new homes to: The Terhune books, the Midnight Blue Collection, and Girl in Hyacinth Blue. (wheedling) Come on, take a book... the first one's free!
Lilty Cash - Apr 20, 2004 10:35:27 am PDT #2286 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Allo! I've been lurking about this thread for a couple of weeks or so. I was wondering if anyone here's read anything by Jodi Picoult, and if so if they've read or are reading her newest, 'My Sister's Keeper'. There's a petty font issue I've got with it that's driving me bonkers and I need back-up in my annoyance!
Java cat - Apr 20, 2004 11:49:21 am PDT #2287 of 10002
Not javachik
I read In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner over the weekend. I laughed, I cried, & couldn't put it down until the last page was turned. It's in production now, being made into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette.
Jess M. - Apr 20, 2004 12:25:52 pm PDT #2288 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
I couldn't put it down, and yet didn't like it that much. I liked the beginning, but hated the Hollywood stuff towards the end.
I hope Toni Collette and not Cameron Diaz is Cannie
Katerina Bee - Apr 20, 2004 12:48:43 pm PDT #2289 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Here’s something I thought Literary readers might appreciate:
The April 2004 issue of The New Yorker includes a profile of “The Storyteller: Madeleine L’Engle,” and the article starts off describing the Scholastic Books paperback edition of “A Wrinkle in Time,” the one with a blue cover decorated with concentric green circles. This is the exact volume I have treasured since 196 (cough).
“A Wrinkle in Time” will be presented to us as a made for TV special on ABC sometime in May. I take heart reading that the executive producer Catherine Hand says she “fell in love” with the book when she was 10. Furthermore, she’s quoted as saying “The engine that drives it is Meg’s inner life, and it’s astonishing, because here is a girl who at the moment is stronger than her father. For some of us, it planted the seeds of the women’s movement. I have had wonderful conservations with Madeleine, as a friend, who is, of course, Meg.”
Ima set my Tivo to capture this one.