Have any of you read The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell? It's excellent. Just surprising and smart and funny.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Kat - Jun 23, 2016 5:13:37 pm PDT #24074 of 28651
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2016 6:22:10 pm PDT #24075 of 28651
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, I now officially own the Hamiltome. Woo!
Seriously, though, I'm impressed with the paper stock used. It's *nice*.
RIGHT?? I am trying to be so delicate with it when I read it.
Rayne - Jun 23, 2016 8:48:30 pm PDT #24076 of 28651
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I got $58.47 which was a happy surprise! I already spent a big chunk of it. But not on books though. (I already have waaaay too much to read!)
Speaking of Hamilton, I gave the CD and the Hamitome to my best friend (she lives in Hamilton, OH and hadn't heard of it!) She's an addict now.
I also gave the CD and the Hamilton Biography to my dad for father's day. I warned him that he might not like the musical, but he actually likes it! (Not loves, but he finds it interesting.)
So, yay me!
Calli - Jun 24, 2016 1:17:40 am PDT #24077 of 28651
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I love the "cut pages" effect on the Hamiltome. I also like the 18th century style chapter headers.
aurelia - Jun 24, 2016 3:57:53 am PDT #24078 of 28651
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Have any of you read The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell? It's excellent. Just surprising and smart and funny.
It's been showing up in my recommendations.
Amy - Jun 24, 2016 4:54:46 am PDT #24079 of 28651
Because books.
Yeah, I Googled and it looks like exactly my thing.
askye - Jun 24, 2016 5:06:31 am PDT #24080 of 28651
Thrive to spite them
One of the negative reviews for the Hamiltome I read was a complaint about the edges being ragged and not liking getting a damaged book. Feature it's a feature person.
Kat - Jun 24, 2016 10:27:29 am PDT #24081 of 28651
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy and aurelia, it's really enjoyable. I picked it up from the library because the there was a blurb by Deborah Harkness. Then when I was returning another book, there was another book with a Deborah Harkness blurb so I picked that one up too. I want Deborah Harkness to recommend books to me from now on.
Amy - Jun 24, 2016 3:04:08 pm PDT #24082 of 28651
Because books.
I still have to read her books, actually.
amych - Jun 24, 2016 3:07:13 pm PDT #24083 of 28651
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
One of the negative reviews for the Hamiltome I read was a complaint about the edges being ragged and not liking getting a damaged book. Feature it's a feature person.
When I worked in a bookstore, we used to get returns All. The. Time. from people bitching that books with deckled edges were "damaged".
I mean, whatever, if it's within the return period and you have the receipt. But "idiot" is in your file forever now.