tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post4193735294103183084..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: Book Buying MemeJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-22987644006659365252008-12-10T11:33:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:33:00.000-05:00Posted it here: http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.c...Posted it here: http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-buying-meme.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-30641125347226648542008-12-09T18:18:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:18:00.000-05:00Sarah, no one is ever too old for young adult fict...Sarah, no one is ever too old for young adult fiction, and if you have to ask if you're too young to read a book, then you are.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-55207726585062852152008-12-09T10:35:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:35:00.000-05:00So where do I fit in there, since I am not yet twe...So where do I fit in there, since I am not yet twenty but will be four days after I receive the book?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12938204484155515696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-45772730254233843872008-12-09T05:46:00.000-05:002008-12-09T05:46:00.000-05:00I have bought a book for a dear friend of mine who...I have bought a book for a dear friend of mine who shall remain nameless (except to say that she blogs at Necromancy Never Pays) that I heard about but haven't quite had time to "pre-read." It sounds like something just up her alley, and I don't think she has heard about it. The best kind of book. Like Ron, I am sort of jumping up and down with anticipation! I don't really have a book that I am giving to everyone this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-4861336058705817022008-12-08T22:19:00.000-05:002008-12-08T22:19:00.000-05:00Wonderful books come to mind just as you hit the "...Wonderful books come to mind just as you hit the "Publish" button...<BR/><BR/><B>Fiction</B><BR/>The Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart<BR/><BR/><B>Non-fiction</B><BR/>Why is Sex Fun?, by Jared Diamond<BR/>On The Wealth of Nations, by P. J. O'RourkeRon Griggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766380813507215810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-81343812666053793552008-12-08T21:56:00.000-05:002008-12-08T21:56:00.000-05:00One of the great pleasures of life is finding out ...One of the great pleasures of life is finding out that someone you dearly like hasn't read a book you dearly love. It can literally make me jump up and down in anticipation of the other person's joy.<BR/><BR/>Because so many of my friends are well read, it takes a special book--old or new--to surprise them in this way. So off the top of my head, here are some special books (old and new). You've probably read some and heard of more, but I'll bet there are a few new to you. In some cases, I've picked a less known book from an author you know.<BR/><BR/><B>Non Fiction Jewels</B><BR/><BR/>In Search of the Perfect Language, by Umberto Eco<BR/>The Victorian Internet, by Tom Standage<BR/>The Blank Slate, by Stephen Pinker<BR/>The Alphabet vs. The Goddess, by Leonard Shlain<BR/>A Palpable God, by Reynolds Price<BR/>Miniatures of French Historyy, by Hilaire Belloc<BR/>The Mind's Past, by Michael Gazzaniga<BR/>The Double Cross System, by J. C. Masterman<BR/>The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, by Julian Jaynes<BR/>Glyph-Breaker, by Steven Fischer<BR/>The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel, by G. Ronald Murphy (tr.)<BR/>The Mystery-Religions, S. Angus<BR/>Aku-Aku, by Thor Heyerdahl<BR/>Archeology and Language, by Colin Renfrew<BR/>An Experiment with Time, by J. W. Dunne<BR/>What the Bee Knows, by P. L. Travers<BR/>The Language of the Night, by Ursula K. Le Guin<BR/><BR/><B>Fiction of interest to children</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>The Mad Scientist's Club, by Bertrand Brinley<BR/>The Horse Marines, by Anna Rose Wright<BR/>The Marvellous Land of Snergs, by E. A. Wyke-Smith<BR/>Encounter Near Venus, by Leonard Wibberley<BR/>Castaways in Lilliput, by Henry Winterfeld<BR/>The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek, by Evelyn Lampman<BR/><BR/><B>Fiction for adults</B><BR/><BR/>The Ball and the Cross, by G. K. Chesterton<BR/>The Atrocity Archive, by Charles Stross<BR/>The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers<BR/>Captain Alastriste, by Arturo Perez-Reverte<BR/>The Engines of God (and about six sequels), by Jack McDevitt<BR/>Silverlock, by John Myers Myers<BR/>Jack of Shadows, by Roger Zelazny<BR/>The Private Life of Helen of Troy, by John Erskine<BR/>A Feast of Freedom, by Leonard Wibberley<BR/><BR/>I would give them all as gifts.Ron Griggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766380813507215810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-88605098975113341912008-12-08T15:58:00.000-05:002008-12-08T15:58:00.000-05:00I never get tired of Dahl.I never get tired of Dahl.FreshHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051170717740487431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-58005312231328018832008-12-08T14:42:00.000-05:002008-12-08T14:42:00.000-05:00I'll pick up on your meme next time I blog. I'm gi...I'll pick up on your meme next time I blog. I'm giving quite an array of books this year - on occasion I give our multiple copies of a book, but that's rare for me.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-46511311659118854022008-12-08T12:07:00.000-05:002008-12-08T12:07:00.000-05:00Here are some poetry recommendations: For the adul...Here are some poetry recommendations: <BR/><BR/>For the adult crowd--<BR/><BR/>Human Dark With Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy<BR/><BR/>Sex at Noon Taxes by sally van doren<BR/><BR/>Trying to Understand the Lunar Eclipse by Carol Dine<BR/><BR/>For those interested in the Beat Generation:<BR/><BR/>Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Coney Island of the Mind<BR/><BR/>For the kiddos:<BR/><BR/>Hip Hop Speaks to Children by Nikki Giovanni<BR/><BR/>Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein<BR/><BR/>Where the sidewalk ends by Shel SilversteinSerenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-25551712996165462862008-12-08T11:55:00.000-05:002008-12-08T11:55:00.000-05:00Oooh, oooh, you reminded me that I'm not giving an...Oooh, oooh, you reminded me that I'm not giving any seasonal books this year because I've already given everyone I know a copy of David Sedaris' Holidays on Ice, which has the best Christmas essay ever, Six to Eight Black Men. Also Ron has been reading John Masefield's The Midnight Folk to our kids (yes, we still read out loud some nights).Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-75341818605986113962008-12-08T11:32:00.000-05:002008-12-08T11:32:00.000-05:00Those are some great ones, Jeanne! I was shelving...Those are some great ones, Jeanne! I was shelving a bunch of Mr. Putter and Tabby books when I was volunteering in the library last week and thinking how sad I am that AJ's outgrown them. They were some of our favorites and there were never enough on the library shelf for him at one time. I still have a copy of Like Water for Elephants on my night stand that someone gave me. Your comments encouraged me to get to it soon. But my stack of reading has been circumvented by the book my parents sent us for St. Nicholas Day, a gorgeous copy of John Masefield's The Box of Delights which AJ and I have had to time share to read on our own, but are also reading together because, as AJ observed, "I like it when you read it out loud because I can close my eyes and see everything in my head. But it's so good I have to read it by myself too." And it's a Christmas story, and a wonderfully literate one at that. I can't imagine how I missed it all these years. I'll be blogging about it sometime today, I hope.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180730302829554796noreply@blogger.com