Comments | chic_urbanity: Nerd Alert: Books and "destiny"

chic_urbanity

Nerd Alert: Books and "destiny"

May 02, 2008 22:27

Okay so today, I was in Agincourt Mall, and they have this like, little independent bookstore there (the owner is like this old dude who's like TOTALLY friendly and really nice and very helpful), and it's like.. one of those "cozy" bookstores that I love exploring, where you see boxes of used books, and the shelves are full of used books, and they' ( Read more... )

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kaygina May 3 2008, 04:13:03 UTC

...I was just there last Saturday. I am jealous.

kaygina May 3 2008, 04:23:22 UTC

P.S. 1984 is definitely a good read. But I don't really know if I could say I love it. It just gives a really different perspective on the world and WW2 and what the world could have been like.

Also, Stephen Leacock's humour is pretty awesome. I read "Lord Oxhead's Secret" which is a parady on Victorian romance. It's not as funny without study though. xD

chic_urbanity May 3 2008, 05:43:42 UTC

haha ya that's how I feel about Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451".. though I must say I love that novel, but it did also make me view the world differently.

kayay May 3 2008, 05:11:10 UTC

You realize you were thiiiis close to the start of your own fantasy adventure? Instead of Poe, what if it was a magical book ( ... )

chic_urbanity May 3 2008, 05:39:14 UTC

ahahahaha! It's so true! Seriously though at the time I did have a bit of a curious feeling in the back of my mind when I approached the book.

See cuz I had seen a lot of "classic" books that were published in the "old fashioned" style but weren't REALLY that old (the oldest was probably like 50 years old), so I skipped over a loooot of "old style" hardcover books, so the only thing that drew me to this one was that curious feeling.. hence, my sense of "destiny".

presents May 3 2008, 15:49:47 UTC

1984 is quite good! It gets a little odd at the end, but still good.
And I love that find, old books are always so much better than brand spanking new ones. I love when they come with old notes in them and everything.

chic_urbanity May 3 2008, 17:22:44 UTC

heehee yes :D old books ftw!

saint_ann May 3 2008, 17:22:21 UTC

ZOMG! If Ica finds out about this she'll kill ya! She LOVES that dead man! Edgar Allan Poe was a great poet though I must admit it :P But if she ever find out, hell will raise! LOL!

chic_urbanity May 3 2008, 17:33:53 UTC

lol really? I didn't know ica was so into Edgar.. truth is I've never really ready anything from him. LOL

hotohori_freak May 5 2008, 16:01:44 UTC

Amazing.

And I love your new layout.

chic_urbanity May 6 2008, 00:12:34 UTC

thanks :)