Can you get them to send you to the Looniversity to relabel our books for 2 years
Oh, that's where he is! My world has just imploded. I feel like I've got a secret spy out there. Boss is an interesting guy, probably the truest Christian I know, and I'm glad he's getting over the provinciality. I don't know why so many people in the company don't like him. He's just a very honest man. Scares some folks, I guess.
I'd love to come visit for two years, but I suspect my husband would object. I'm thinking it'll be a job for a couple of strong-but-dumbs and one intelligent supervisor.
Well, she's got me beat: [link]
I'm at about 225 linear feet and out of room, which means there's some piling going on. Since I have no system to speak of, except to roughly group nonfiction, science fiction, mysteries and children's books, I have no idea how many books there are. A friend gave me that organizing system, in what I can only view as an excess of optimism.
an interior designer and book lover who designs libraries for clients and who believes that guest rooms, hallways, even bathrooms (nonsteamy ones, that is) can be ideal domains for books.
Take that, Clean Sweep! Books on shelves! Hah!
Of course, the other clutter in the house--armor, various boxes, stuff, keeps me from getting to a lot of my book shelves, otherwise I'd be editing. I have little trouble getting rid of books, because I generally take them to a used book store that gives me credit towards more books.
She doesn't
stack rows behind rows (keeps books from breathing and triggers looking-for-Goethe-in-a-haystack syndrome).
Hah. Hubby keeps telling me to do that.
I write in my books, too. I figure I'm going to keep them till they're falling apart, so I might as well maximize their usefulness.
I just read in my Wizard News update that
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
is going to be 608 pages long.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
was 870 pages and
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
was 734 pages long -- so she seems to be bucking her previous "getting longer with each book" trend.
That's good news, sumi. Any word on whether or not she's working with an editor.
I have a question for y'all. What is the origin of the phrase "Here be dragons?" I'm not even sure if that's the correct phrasing. I'm trying to recall if it's from a specific book or poem, or if it's just one of those things that's been around forever.
Thanks, ita! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Hey, ita, in that vein, what's the origin of the sentence "This is why we can't have nice things"?
