I went to Savers today to drop some stuff off, but of course I had to shop with the coupon they gave me. I found the first five Spiderwick Chronicles for ltc in hardcover.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
sj - Mar 01, 2023 1:06:06 pm PST #27579 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
-t - Mar 04, 2023 5:13:21 pm PST #27580 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I finally got around to listening to Hugh Laurie reading Three Men in a Boat, and then realized it was very abridged so I found an e-book copy and read that and now am listening to Willis’s To Say Nothing of the Dog. I thing I’m going to revisit the whole Oxford Tome Travel series. I pretty much read them as they came out, so big gaps in between, and while they are pretty memorable I suspect a binge would be rewarding.
meara - Mar 04, 2023 8:22:57 pm PST #27581 of 28461
I feel I need to read three men in a boat sometime to really get To Say Nothing of the Dog, though I’ve enjoyed it without having ever done that. Maybe the cliff notes.
-t - Mar 04, 2023 9:45:55 pm PST #27582 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Three Men in a Boat is a quick read and pretty amusing. I do wonder how someone ends up being named Jerome K Jerome. That’s slightly more boggling than William Carlos Williams, even.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2023 10:18:08 pm PST #27583 of 28461
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Three Men in a Boat is a quick read and pretty amusing. I do wonder how someone ends up being named Jerome K Jerome. That’s slightly more boggling than William Carlos Williams, even.
Catch-22 features a character named Major Major Major Major and only the first one is his military rank.
-t - Mar 05, 2023 7:15:07 am PST #27584 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It also mentions how that happened!
Toddson - Mar 06, 2023 12:18:49 pm PST #27585 of 28461
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Don't know if this qualifies as "literary," but there's a book on sale called Girly Drinks. It's about women and booze - making it, drinking it, etc.
Calli - Mar 07, 2023 8:01:27 am PST #27586 of 28461
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles' latest, on my iPad, but I have to work all day. This is wrong, and I would like to lodge a complaint.
-t - Mar 07, 2023 8:46:44 am PST #27587 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Work getting in the way of reading is the worst. Bookblockers.
Toddson - Mar 07, 2023 10:26:48 am PST #27588 of 28461
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yes, I checked my e-books earlier and there it was! still have to work ... have a zoom call at 2:00 and will have to spend most of tomorrow in a staff meeting.