I loves me some Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books.
I saw a tiny b&w version of that first cover in an ad in Romantic Times. I snarked even then, but I had no idea how bad it was in its full-size, full-color glory.
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
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."
Susan W. - Apr 17, 2005 7:58:06 pm PDT #7383 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Beverly - Apr 18, 2005 8:56:06 am PDT #7384 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I finished my other in-transit book in the Dulles airport last night and started reading Bell, Book and Murder by Rosemary Edghill on Jilli's rec. I'm liking it a lot.
Atropa - Apr 18, 2005 9:32:05 am PDT #7385 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Anyone read the Kim Harrison books, Dead Witch Walking and the like?
I've read Dead Witch Walking, and I'm halfway through The Good, the Bad, and the Undead. I'm entertained by them, and I like them slightly better than any of the Anita Blake books, but that's about it.
and started reading Bell, Book and Murder by Rosemary Edghill on Jilli's rec. I'm liking it a lot.
Oh yay! I'm glad you like it.
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:24:47 pm PDT #7386 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
What. the. fuck.
At least one TSA screener is forbidding passengers to carry more than 2 books in carry-on luggage.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 1:26:22 pm PDT #7387 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait there was a limit of 4 books? For what reason? What possible reason?
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:28:18 pm PDT #7388 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The betting in blog comments is that a semi-literate screener is confusing the limit on *matchbooks* with the limit on *books*. But he was pointing to a book when he made the comment.
brenda m - Apr 18, 2005 1:31:13 pm PDT #7389 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
The guy in question says not, though - that the screener brought up the matchbook regs separately. Craxy.
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:39:34 pm PDT #7390 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Hence the "semi-literate" comment. That is, I'm betting this isn't actually official TSA policy, it's one not-too-bright person's interpretation of said policy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 2:22:01 pm PDT #7391 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Am I the only one who would be incensed enough by this to follow up with written complaints to the guy's supervisor's supervisor's supervisor?
Anne W. - Apr 18, 2005 2:26:41 pm PDT #7392 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
No, Matt, you're not the only one. Two books is what I consider a minimum for carryon.
In other news, I have been packing up books all day long and taping them away into dark little boxes where I can't get at them. This makes me sad.