I get ads and catalogs from Easton Press, who make leatherbound books, all the time. it's wearisome.

now, I love leatherbound books. they are truly decadent. I have heard of some people who are on the rich side of things, who will just buy whatever leatherbound books just so they look like they have a populated set of bookshelves. that's not ( Read more... )

a while back, Balou tore the spine off three of my hardcover books ( Read more... )

that prompted me to decide, since I was home all day in my pyjamies feeling yuck, I'd spend a large portion of my evening rereading On Basilisk Station.

just now, on a whim, I decided to check Baen Books. instinct is right!


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so I am really starting to wonder why Michael Moorcock isn't suing Blizzard for a piece of the Warcraft pie. or maybe he is an I haven't heard. he ought to.

seriously. here's Arthas, scion of kings of a mighty empire, a whitehaired dude who was just trying to do the right thing, suborned and sustained by his rune blade Frostmourne...


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that book meme is making the rounds.

I keep seeing this bolded in my friends list, indicating the poster has read it:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling

I cry bullshit. the only person in my flist who I know for sure has read that book is silent_e. maybe some others have read it ( Read more... )

plot wise, that was more- well- done than I'd expected.

but my primary thought is: when they make a movie out of it, the special effects will be fantastic.

...I went to bed at 5. got up to a neighbour at the door, the dog was out. so after this weekend, I will look for a screen door with a spring...

I have still not found my missing books.

however, we have gone through 3 full boxes of books as well as the two tubs. we have poked in a couple other boxes as well, to no avail.

what we have done is fully empty one of the boxes and shelved almost all the books therein. almost all... well, there is a reason we started going out in the first ( Read more... )

...and when, after driving to the drug store to get my more Robitussin (becuase I went all day yesterday without cough syrup and by 11 last night was almost constantly coughing), my ESO expressed a desire last night to resume reading Honor Harrington (I think she has read up through War of Honor) I went to dig out Service of the Sword and ( Read more... )

so Wednesday I flew out to Austin with my ESO. I was offline until getting to work this morning. (I am not sure I will bother trying to catch up on LJ friends-page reading. depends on time-between builds at work today ( Read more... )

Dave Eddings is afraid to let his characters evolve, and his reluctance in doing so lends a certain American sit-com air to the books he writes. seriously. once he establishes the character it is stuck there forever.

the situation is at its worst in Redemption of Althalas, where the main character and story line both have enormous potential ( Read more... )