Tales of Beedle the Bard Collector's Edition

More affordable budget edition for $7-ish.

My own frail attempt ( Read more... )

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

I love the illustrations!

Oh, right. The obligatory "I finished the book" post. I didn't get mine until 3 p.m. yesterday, then the raid and all, so it took me a bit longer -- got my Tier 4 shoulders off King Maulgar, though ( Read more... )

My book. It's in Nashville. It actually arrived on the 19th. Hee!

But there's more. Amazon.com is giving everyone who pre-ordered HPATDH from them a $5 gift certificate to use toward a purchase in August! :D

Eee!

Alright, y'all, this is ridiculous. Am I going to have to go on internet hiatus for the next two days? Apparently people are giving out spoilers in the Trade channel on WoW, now. Thank goodness I'd signed off to do some knitting, but elsrik just said, "Are you on WoW right now? If so, don't look at your screen."

Alright, people? Do not. I repeat. DO NOT talk about post Book 6 Harry Potter for the next month unless you put it behind a cut or something.

I do not want any links to whatever spoiler is apparently being bandied about on the 'net that poor dulcinea had the misfortune of encountering ( Read more... )

1. I wish my company gave more days off. Humbug. With that said, though, MLK, Jr. Day never seems to go the way I anticipate. When I'm working hourly, or expecting college dining halls to be open, then I get the day off and everything is closed. Salary pay or perfectly within means to procure food on my own and, thus, not in need of the ( Read more... )

Big thanks to asimplelife, who always has the coolest smorgasbord of links as it is.

"Before Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published in 1964 Roald Dahl pared down his cast of characters. Last to go was Miranda Piker and her chapter has appeared only once - in mirrorscript."

Read the excerpt.

faecat has mentioned a few times that her library has an option to get e-books to download onto your PDA. And I'd been bemoaning the fact that my library doesn't have this and wah, etc.

No more.

My library now not only has downloadable e-books, but also audio books that I can download in my underwear in my office chair. (Or fully clothed from work, ( Read more... )