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Sep 27, 2008 17:56

Ah, what a good day. This weekend is the Friends of the San Francisco Library Big Book Sale--basically an airplane hangar packed with table after table after table of cheap books, and throngs of people hovering and scanning and sorting. My friends and I go every year, and then recover with lunch at the fancy vegetarian restaurant next door, staring ( Read more... )

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xphilehb September 28 2008, 16:05:38 UTC
Yay books!

Did I tell you I just started reading Sarah Vowell? It's not Take the Cannoli as they did not have it when I went to B&N. It's The Partly Cloudy Patriot, and so far, I'm enjoying it. Oh, and I also purchased Chesterton's Orthodoxy, and I'm excited to read it!

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sillyzilly2k September 28 2008, 21:26:37 UTC
It's The Partly Cloudy Patriot, and so far, I'm enjoying it.

Oh, good! I haven't read that, but I think ciachick711 did, and I believe I remember her liking it. Oh, Sarah Vowell. She's such a cool nerd.

I also purchased Chesterton's Orthodoxy, and I'm excited to read it!

Oh, yay! I have a terrible record of actually finishing theology books (even C.S. Lewis...oops), but I really enjoyed Orthodoxy. I hope you like it!

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enigmaticblues September 29 2008, 17:27:06 UTC
Oh, books! You have nearly made me swoon with your descriptions of books (for only a dollar!). If there is anything as amazing as coming home with a pile of new friends, I don't know what it is. (Unless it has something to do with a pile of books and chocolate.)

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sillyzilly2k September 29 2008, 23:20:25 UTC
If there is anything as amazing as coming home with a pile of new friends, I don't know what it is. (Unless it has something to do with a pile of books and chocolate.)

You are a woman after my own heart.

(Actually, this all makes me want to hurry up and finish the book I'm currently reading, so I can move on. More books!)

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