Broken Wimpy
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maribouThe Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson (reread)
My friend showed me this book and said it was deeply weird and pretty bleak and I didn't think I was in the mood for it but then I had a flashback to reading it as a teenager and I realized I was in the mood and then a few days later I read it and I really liked it and it's kind of like a Norse saga and kind of like Shakespeare and kind of like Sophocles and mostly like "oh THAT was what D&D was drawing from besides Tolkien". *deep breath* So, you know, if that sounds good to you, you should read it. Other random statements about this book: I could tell the author had read Eddington, too. It was originally written in the 50s and the version I read was repubbed in the 70s. My favorite line from this book (not really a spoiler) is "Dead, dead, all dead, all slain." The fact that that isn't really a spoiler probably tells you as much about the story as anything else I might say.
(53/200)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, by Jeff Kinney
Oddly compelling - I thought they were just okay (though I would've loved them at the right age) and yet I couldn't put them down. Guess my subconscious & conscious minds were in disagreement. The humor was not LOL so much as "ha, I remember that".
(54/200, 55/200, 56/200)
My friend showed me this book and said it was deeply weird and pretty bleak and I didn't think I was in the mood for it but then I had a flashback to reading it as a teenager and I realized I was in the mood and then a few days later I read it and I really liked it and it's kind of like a Norse saga and kind of like Shakespeare and kind of like Sophocles and mostly like "oh THAT was what D&D was drawing from besides Tolkien". *deep breath* So, you know, if that sounds good to you, you should read it. Other random statements about this book: I could tell the author had read Eddington, too. It was originally written in the 50s and the version I read was repubbed in the 70s. My favorite line from this book (not really a spoiler) is "Dead, dead, all dead, all slain." The fact that that isn't really a spoiler probably tells you as much about the story as anything else I might say.
(53/200)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, by Jeff Kinney
Oddly compelling - I thought they were just okay (though I would've loved them at the right age) and yet I couldn't put them down. Guess my subconscious & conscious minds were in disagreement. The humor was not LOL so much as "ha, I remember that".
(54/200, 55/200, 56/200)
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Date: 2010-03-25 04:18 am (UTC)Hey, one of my coworkers is wondering about your recommendations for finding old/antique books -- he talked to you at one of our parties. I said alibris.com and powells.com, but do you have other suggestions?
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Date: 2010-03-25 04:58 am (UTC)He should go to used.addall.com
But also if he doesn't care about *the physical object* of the book, but is looking for specific titles or subjects, he should go to google books.
But also if he cares about the physical object but not about what book it is (just that it is old) he should frequent library & church book sales. Also whatever that Really Weird tiny bookstore in downtown Arvada is (not the nifty one we went to last time, it's awesome, but I'm thinking of a different one that was smaller and had a curmudgeonly (nifty) owner).
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Date: 2010-03-26 05:06 am (UTC)