...but sadly he's mean and bite-y and aiding and abetting in child abduction-y.

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

When you're in trouble, you can call DW.

Just finished: Salem's Lot by Stephen King.

Next up: a continuation of the vampire theme with a reread of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain to refresh my memory before the first time read of its sequel The Fall.

When you're in trouble, you can call DW.

To my
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So on the one hand, I probably shouldn't go to the Library Book Sale tomorrow because I have plenty of books to read and reread and I shouldn't be adding more to my collection when I'll probably just be moving again come the end of July.

On the other [evil grasping Gollum] hand:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

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Why is it that when I read fiction about a topic I'm interested in, I could read for days, but when I try to read non-fiction about a topic I'm interested in, I read for five minutes until... Bored Now: Kitty! And then I drag myself back and read some more until Bored Now: Internets! And it's not for lack of interest. I mean, the whole reason I ( Read more... )

And what do I do with it? I get Battle: Los Angeles and Creature From The Black Lagoon. To be fair, I also got a book (I know, right? A book at a library... who knew?) of Ursula K. Le Guin short stories because I had seen a reference to "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" and it sounded cool (like that Dr. Who ep where they're living on the ( Read more... )

So of course I forgot all about buying text books or else I might have tried ordering them earlier, so I could get them used.
Fortunately, only one of my classes even has books. Unfortunately, it has six. Five of which I managed to purchase at used book stores around town.

First stop: Murphy-Brookfield Books where I got Journeys in New Worlds: ( Read more... )