As I started work today I found a peculiar hardback comic book in the comic book bin, and the cover caught my attention. It said "De Fire Store" (="the four great (ones)"), and below the title there were steampunk-like gadgets, a sinister shadow in the middle, and lined up at the bottom were four men, two of whom I recognised as historical ( Read more... )

Dear whoever it is who prints out books and book covers,

Please give me the complete opportunity to purchase a book without the praise from other writers written all over the front or spine of the book.

Thank you.

Much love, Vanja.

( Seriously, though. )

Recently I joined a website for book lovers to show which books they've read, rate said books, make their opinions public, and show which books they intend to read. You can even make your own book shelves, tagged with whatever you like (I put "House of Night" into "Guilty pleasure" and the Discworld books into "Brilliant humour"). Anyway, this ( Read more... )