I'm clearing out more books, and it's weird. I have a lot of books. Most of them still aren't in Goodreads (and I get that funny guilty twinge whenever it recommends a book I've already read and have on the shelves to me). And given that Goodreads lists about six hundred books on my "owned" shelf, and yes, I really did mean most of them still ( Read more... )

Okay. So we're just catching up on Game of Thrones--watching the last two episodes tonight, in fact--and as you might expect it's being an HBO show, with a lot of sex and it's just dawning on me that I think they haven't actually shown any sex that's consensual or uncreepy since Jon and Ygritte. Four episodes ago.[1]

They haven't even talked ( Read more... )

The cats are happy.

The cats are happy because there is more space.

The cats are happy because there is more space because I have been cleaning out the coffee table in the living room so that we can move it and there are many books and many magazines that have been moved and I am trying to organize this and I think that things are coming to a bit ( Read more... )

I've cleared three books off my to-read list (two by turfing them, one by starting it), gotten four boxes of stuff downstairs and labelled for CDA pickup (unfortunately they're actually coming tomorrow, not today, but better to be ready early than late), worked on a little knitting that is reminiscent of if perhaps not strictly inspired by the ( Read more... )

I have a surfeit of books, and many of them are anthologies ( Read more... )

Things to rehome, at some future point, in the comics-and-GNs-and-magazines-vein:

Blood; 1-3; J. M. DeMatteis and Kent Williams, Epic Comics.
Remains; 1-5; Steve Niles and Kieron Dwyer, IDW.
The Devil's Panties; 1-2, 4-12; Jennie Breeden.
The Hunger; 1-4; Jose L. Torres and Chris DiBari, Speakeasy Comics.
Hush; vol 1; Loeb/Lee/Williams, DC.
Black ( Read more... )

Why do you own the books you do? I mean, why did you buy them instead of take them out of the library; why did you keep them instead of reselling or trading or giving them away?

What makes them worth it?

(This post has been crossposted from DreamWidth)

The library still needs clearing out, particularly since it may end up being a guest room in a month or so. Therefore, the destashing.

Same deal as before--

• no promise as to condition; some have worn spines or discount stickers or old-book curve, some I bought in the last year and would pass muster on a shelf at a bookstore.
• come pick them up or ( Read more... )

Okay. Things in the library are breeding, John's phone has an ISBN scanner, and I would like the books below to go to a good home. I make no promise as to condition; some have worn spines or discount stickers or old-book curve, some I bought in the last year and would pass muster on a shelf at a bookstore. Come pick them up or pay postage, ( Read more... )

Odd sort of day; feeling as if I have a lot more free time, but having trouble figuring out what to do with it. Or what to do first, which is resulting in not much of anything getting done ( Read more... )