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ealgyldenThe first line of Bernard Cornwell's welcome message at his official site is "This is my website." For some reason, I find that rather endearing. He also uses one of my favorite pictures of Sean (this one, only in color. I do love a slim-hipped man.) to reassure people that yes, they're in the right place.
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Also endearing is my local paper's insistence on reporting Viggo like a local. This blurb was in today's paper: "Viggo Mortensen fans, take note. The actor, a graduate of Watertown High School and St. Lawrence University, Canton, is featured in the first teaser poster..." blah blah blah. That's our Vig, local boy made good. (Well, come on, we have such a limited pool of famous North Country denizens from which to draw...)
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I really want this book. And if I can slip a commercial in here without anyone getting too annoyed, I'd like to strongly recommend A Common Reader as a wonderful independent bookseller. They may not be as cheap as Amazon or B&N, but they're so much nicer (and supporting independent booksellers is good for the soul). Their catalog is fun just to read, let alone order from, their inventory selections are always interesting, and they have a great line of "Common Reader Editions" of out-of-print worthies. Plus, the plain old paperback edition of Moab Is My Washpot I ordered back in the day was somehow magically transformed into the hardcover edition, complete with signed bookplate (Stephen Fry has doctor/lawyer handwriting), and their sales are always good (right now they're having a 50% or more off warehouse sale. Too, too tempting). I've been buying from them for about a decade now, and I've never had a complaint. So go poke around their site a little or request a catalog. You'll be supporting a great business run by some really nice people who genuinely love books, and what could be better than that?
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Bad part about living in the country- so far it doesn't look like Pirates of the Caribbean, which opens tomorrow in most places, will be playing anywhere around here before Friday (won't know about the mall in Watertown until tomorrow- they're secretive like that). Two whole extra days to wait! The fiends!
Good part about living in the country- the blackcaps (wild black raspberries and so, so good) are just starting to ripen. I still have lots of jam left from last year's crop, so this year's can all go into pies, cobblers, muffins and other baked yummies. It'll probably be a light crop, though, since the last two years have been heavy and it usually goes every other year.
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I got my latest comic book order yesterday (most of it anyway), so I'll probably be doing my usual post about that soon. I know most of you don't read comics, but I like talking about them. Sorry about that.
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Also endearing is my local paper's insistence on reporting Viggo like a local. This blurb was in today's paper: "Viggo Mortensen fans, take note. The actor, a graduate of Watertown High School and St. Lawrence University, Canton, is featured in the first teaser poster..." blah blah blah. That's our Vig, local boy made good. (Well, come on, we have such a limited pool of famous North Country denizens from which to draw...)
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I really want this book. And if I can slip a commercial in here without anyone getting too annoyed, I'd like to strongly recommend A Common Reader as a wonderful independent bookseller. They may not be as cheap as Amazon or B&N, but they're so much nicer (and supporting independent booksellers is good for the soul). Their catalog is fun just to read, let alone order from, their inventory selections are always interesting, and they have a great line of "Common Reader Editions" of out-of-print worthies. Plus, the plain old paperback edition of Moab Is My Washpot I ordered back in the day was somehow magically transformed into the hardcover edition, complete with signed bookplate (Stephen Fry has doctor/lawyer handwriting), and their sales are always good (right now they're having a 50% or more off warehouse sale. Too, too tempting). I've been buying from them for about a decade now, and I've never had a complaint. So go poke around their site a little or request a catalog. You'll be supporting a great business run by some really nice people who genuinely love books, and what could be better than that?
*~*~*~*
Bad part about living in the country- so far it doesn't look like Pirates of the Caribbean, which opens tomorrow in most places, will be playing anywhere around here before Friday (won't know about the mall in Watertown until tomorrow- they're secretive like that). Two whole extra days to wait! The fiends!
Good part about living in the country- the blackcaps (wild black raspberries and so, so good) are just starting to ripen. I still have lots of jam left from last year's crop, so this year's can all go into pies, cobblers, muffins and other baked yummies. It'll probably be a light crop, though, since the last two years have been heavy and it usually goes every other year.
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I got my latest comic book order yesterday (most of it anyway), so I'll probably be doing my usual post about that soon. I know most of you don't read comics, but I like talking about them. Sorry about that.
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Date: 2003-07-08 05:28 pm (UTC)Pretty much the only monthly books I read are from Crossgen- Meridian, Sojourn, Ruse, The Path, Way of the Rat (and Silken Ghost, the spin-off) and now Brath (and I'll add El Cazador when it comes out in the fall- can't resist pirates), and one Vertigo book, Fables. Everything else is one-shots, miniseries or long-form stories that aren't published every month, like Age of Bronze, Artesia, and The Red Star. I read anything by Andi Watson (currently- Love Fights for Oni and Kitsune Tales for Slave Labor), Chynna Clugston-Major (currently- Scooter Girl), or Elizabeth Watasin (new issue of Charm School is finally out, but mine was backordered). I also read a lot of all-ages titles like Amelia Rules, Powerpuff Girls (it's much better than the usual licensed title), anything by Jay Hosler, Patrick the Wolfboy and all of Oni's all-ages books (Ida Red, Alison Dare, Sidekicks, etc). I read Promethea, Lucifer and Buffy in trade form (cheaper and more logical than buying them monthly, I think). Ummm... other recent/current faves... Courtney Crumrin (wonderful, just wonderful), Hopeless Savages, Halo and Sprocket. Plus any others that catch my attention- I love Oni's books (obviously), and Slave Labor, Crossgen and a few others.
It's such an expensive hobby, at least the way I read, but there's always something that sounds so good and that I just have to have. No willpower at all.