Thanks, Kim, you're awesome. I'm going to add that to my list of things to get for Kara as she grows.
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Deena - Apr 29, 2004 10:21:41 am PDT #2487 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Aims - Apr 29, 2004 10:52:04 am PDT #2488 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Is it completely silly to make an Amazon wish list for the baby?
Pix - Apr 29, 2004 10:52:33 am PDT #2489 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
No, it's wonderful!
Dani - Apr 29, 2004 10:58:17 am PDT #2490 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Aimee, what a fabulous idea!
And that reminds me, I have a couple of parenting books I'm looking to pass on.
Sears / The breastfeeding book
Eliot / What's going on in there?
If any of the currently/recently sprogged Buffistas want them, just send an email to my profile address.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2004 10:58:28 am PDT #2491 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The best Arthur book to me, aside from Mallory, is Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset, with Arthur as a chieftain trying to hold civilization together in post-Roman Britain. Rosemary Sutcliff is one of my favorites anyway; her books set me off on my adolescent obsession with Roman Britain.
Ginger, sistah! I pimp Sutcliff whenever I can, and I'm bummed that much of her Roman Britain stuff is OOP.
I know I'm not the only former SR fan who stopped bothering to buy his stuff after repeat disappointments.
Indeed not. I came close to throwing one of the Callahan's collections across the room. Something about brothels and a nuclear bomb, and it was just awful. Granted, the Callahan's books were never brilliant, but they just got worse and worse. I won't read him anymore, although I adored Stardancer when I was 15.
I didn't splurge at Powell's too much, but I did get 5 books. I'll do the full list when I'm at home so I get the authors right.
Aims - Apr 29, 2004 11:01:33 am PDT #2492 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dani, I would love them!!
Dani - Apr 29, 2004 11:06:46 am PDT #2493 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
I think I still have your address filed away from the sekrit gift exchange, Aimee. Let me check & if I can't find it I'll email you.
The breastfeeding book is particularly good for practical advice, if you don't mind a little crunchy-granola. The other one is a fascinating (and accessible) read about neurological development.
Aims - Apr 29, 2004 11:07:59 am PDT #2494 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oooh...I like granola!
And now, I sorta want granola.
Ginger - Apr 29, 2004 11:08:39 am PDT #2495 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Consuela, I certainly pimp Sutcliff at every opportunity, and I've given The Lantern Bearers and Eagle of the Ninth to practically every teenager I know. Have you read her memoirs, Blue Remembered Hills?
Dani - Apr 29, 2004 11:10:54 am PDT #2496 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
I had no idea Rosemary Sutcliff had written memoirs. Must see if they're in the library.
I loved the Roman Britain books, and also the one written from the POV of a Pict (I think?). IIRC the title was Mark of the Horse Lord.
Ah, Amazon says I have the title right, but remembered the details wrong - it's about a Roman who impersonates the king of a Pictish tribe.