Comments | mariness: The book survey

mariness

The book survey

Apr 02, 2005 12:12

I've been commanded to do the book survey thing by queerbychoice, so here goes:

Total number of books in your house: Good god. I haven't a clue. A lot ( Read more... )

james joyce, alexandre dumas, l.m. montgomery, sarah caudwell, books, count of monte cristo, georgette heyer

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bodhichitta0 April 2 2005, 18:46:56 UTC

Ahhhhh! Runs to Florida to hug mariness! Georgette Heyer! The Grand Sophy! *gasps happily* But These Old Shades and The Foundling have you read? Two of my FAVES besides the ones you listed.

mariness April 2 2005, 19:06:08 UTC

I have read every Georgette Heyer except for the four early books that she surpressed and The Great Roxhythe, which I understand will be coming out later this year.

bodhichitta0 April 2 2005, 19:10:42 UTC

I haven't read her mystery type stuff and I'm not sure I've read EVERY other one. But I am close. I also have a soft spot for "The Masqueraders" that cross dressing cracks me up every time I read it. I like Faro's Daughter too, though I have not seen that reprinted in a very long time (Mine is falling apart). I didn't care for Beauvallet or an Infamous Army.

mariness April 2 2005, 19:21:08 UTC

Beauvallet was dull, dull, dull. I liked parts of An Infamous Army, but it's not a book I reread frequently or plan to reread frequently.

You should read Death in the Stocks.

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bodhichitta0 April 2 2005, 18:48:18 UTC

Oh and the collected poems of Yeats KICK ASS but you encounter more Yeats fans that Georgette Heyer fans. *grin*

The Book Horizon athenakt April 4 2005, 16:54:44 UTC

I suspect that this will turn out to be a new phenomena among "our sort" of people. My husband and I are also planning/hoping to get a place of our own (rather than renting) with the emphasis on our books and other such items. For instance, we want a second bedroom for a library/computer room, and will have concerns about things like the state of the air conditioning, floor and ceiling structure so as to not damage them by having them get warped or leaked upon. Our bookcase shelves are double/triple packed deep, and as far as our paperbacks are concerned they are sometimes in two rows atop each other as well. We also have boxes of books and comics in the closet that our cat likes to use for her furniture or stairs to get to the top back corner ( ... )

Re: The Book Horizon mariness April 4 2005, 17:30:16 UTC

I liked Jane Eyre too, even if it didn't have swordfights. It at least had sublimely ridiculous moments of madwomen and voices yelling out "JANE JANE" from nowhere which is the sort of thing you want in that sort of book.

Re: The Book Horizon tamargrl April 4 2005, 20:10:44 UTC

hey, I know all about double stacking and putting them on top, too. Wow. I guess I hadn't realized the commonness of that phenomenon.

tamargrl April 4 2005, 20:15:11 UTC

reef creatures? whee!

I think I might have the one you refer to, but I left it on the east coast. There aren't too many species that are found in both oceans (A & P). Very good book.

If you're in Hawaii, it's Hoover's book (the title of which I can't remember because it's so inane.) That's nice and has pretty pictures but falls apart and is rather lacking in detail. If you're into algae, though, our algal expert/prof emeritus has the best comprehensive set of books for Hawaiian algae. And the set only costs $120. I know this because I had to purchase it for my research. I'm very much looking forward to hours of microscope work identifying filamentous algae. whee. :|

mariness April 4 2005, 20:23:12 UTC

I'm freaking out enough about memorizing Atlantic creatures. Thinking about the Pacific would probably reduce me to tears. I do have one friend who is doing both the invertebrates sampling trip in the Florida Keys with me in early May AND doing the Galapagos solitary coral study in late May and she is near tears. So for right now, until I pass this class, I'm just going to pretend that the Pacific Ocean doesn't exist.

But Humann's book is really excellent -- outstanding pictures and very clear descriptions on most species. I have decided, however, that the Atlantic Ocean has too many kinds of anenomes and shrimp.

tamargrl April 4 2005, 21:54:56 UTC

ewwww, memorization? that's what reference books are for.
yeah. it's tough to memorize a whole bunch of critters before you've had the chance to really spend some quality time with 'em. that's one reason I liked being a TA for Invert Zoo. (cuz it sure as hell wasn't the actal collecting part!)
Have fun in the Keys!
p.s. If there's no real reason for you to learn the creatures for a particular area, don't. the Pacific doesn't have to exist for you, just like the Caribbean doesn't exist for me. Oh, and there are too many shrimp everywhere, it's not just an Atlantic thing. Just think, shrimp soup, shrimp gumbo, shrimp sandwiches...

mariness April 4 2005, 22:09:06 UTC

We're going to spending a lot of quality time with them over the next several weekends and down in the Keys in May.

The memorization thing is because in June I have a preliminary exam for doctoral work, and this is going to come up -- which is why I'm taking this invertebrates class. I feel so dumb. Which is why I'm ignoring the Pacific entirely.

(Plus, I like wetlands. If I weren't attached to the National Coral Reef Institute, I would ignore corals completely. Really.)

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