Well, she's got me beat: [link]
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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."
brenda m - Feb 11, 2005 8:42:17 am PST #7035 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ginger - Feb 11, 2005 8:59:45 am PST #7036 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2005 9:09:14 am PST #7037 of 10002
brillig
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.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2005 9:13:03 am PST #7038 of 10002
brillig
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.
sumi - Feb 12, 2005 4:53:04 am PST #7039 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
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.
Anne W. - Feb 12, 2005 6:57:31 am PST #7040 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
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.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2005 7:04:09 am PST #7041 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anne W. - Feb 12, 2005 7:06:08 am PST #7042 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks, ita! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Polter-Cow - Feb 12, 2005 7:24:44 am PST #7043 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hey, ita, in that vein, what's the origin of the sentence "This is why we can't have nice things"?
Sheryl - Feb 12, 2005 10:46:10 am PST #7044 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I have done some serious book culling.(What prompted this was learning about a used book sale the local JCC is doing.) Scarily enough, once I finally shelved the books I had read and put on the book cases, there was basically no net change. eep...