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Oct 08, 2008 23:29


Let me get this straight:

I've lived in my neighbourhood for all of eighteen years, and for ten of them there was an antiquarian book seller three blocks away?

Katie went on a field trip today. To heaven.

I spent sixty dollars on new old books! I have a collection on interpretations of Alice in Wonderland, a book on folk tales of the British Isles, a ( Read more... )

happiness, dork-out time!, books

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darkestnova October 9 2008, 16:05:06 UTC
Ooh! Books!

And I don't think there's anything wrong with being fascinated by Jack the Ripper. Though maybe I'm not the right person to ask.

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;A; rivkaz October 9 2008, 18:27:15 UTC
My GOD how the Jonathan in me envies you! -the rest of me too, come to think of it! *__* And speaking of Prunesquallor and antique additions of English literature- If you SEE a copy of Gormenghast, GRAB IT, and I LOVE YOU FOREVER.

AGHAGH 1800's I MISS YOU.

;___; you left Jack in the store? Oh! oh! Take me with you in your brain! I feel a great need to live through your blogging adventures in Bookland!

;laksdjfl;jkasd I'm running away to Canada. T__T

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Re: ;A; whuppitystoorie October 10 2008, 06:24:14 UTC
Oh my GOD, you've read Gormenghast??! *shriek of joy*
One of my earliest childhood memories is of my father reading aloud from Titus Groan - the chapter about the fire in the library.
Yeah. My parents had interesting ideas of what constituted a bedtime story.

Ohohohohoh, trust me - I see it, I grab it.

Haven't seen many antique editions.

"Blogging adventures in Bookland"? Dude, I should change my journal name...

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