01-15-2003, 03:54 AM | #541 |
Bard of Mangled Songs
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Argh! I went out for lunch to pay my cellphone bills and found myself packing 5 vols. of HoME. I'm still looking for volumes 1 and 6 and am saving up for vol. 12. 10 and 11 are arriving in 2 weeks from amazon along with the M-E atlas and Letters.
I'm under the power of the dreaded One Credit Card. Gollum, gollum...
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01-15-2003, 04:05 AM | #542 |
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I hate my library. It's only go 1 copy of Dune and will be out for the next few weeks. And I'm too cheap to fork out the two dollars to put it on hold. Since I've pretty much been reading only Tolkien or Tolkien related works for the last year, I've decided to have a break from them. So now I'm reading Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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01-15-2003, 04:36 AM | #543 |
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You have to pay to put books on hold??
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01-15-2003, 04:46 AM | #544 | |
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Quote:
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01-15-2003, 05:44 PM | #545 |
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Quote: If someone else has borrowed a book and you want that copy reserved, yes you must pay.
I work at a library and I must say that is just ridiculous. |
01-16-2003, 02:01 AM | #546 |
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We pay to put a book on hold as well. $1 per book, IIRC.
I've finished HoME 5, and now I'm starting on HoME 6... so excited!
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01-16-2003, 03:15 AM | #547 |
Bard of Mangled Songs
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I think, in general, you have to pay for book reservations if either copies are limited, or the library has problems with funds.
Anyway, I jumped to The End of the Third Age (The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four) (The History of Middle-Earth - Volume 9). It gives an account, among others, of Sam telling stories from the Red Book to his kids. (Soooo cute) Elanor's only 15 then. No more details.
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01-18-2003, 12:21 PM | #548 |
An enigma in a conundrum
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I just finished the last installment of the "Area-51" series entitled "The Truth". Somewhat disappointing but a must if you've started the whole series.
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01-21-2003, 10:55 PM | #549 |
Elven Warrior
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the hobbit
i'm reading the hobbit right now, it's a cool bok!
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01-22-2003, 01:44 PM | #550 |
Marshal of the Eastmark
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Heinlein's "future histories". I started with Time Enough For Love but realized I had skipped Methusalah's Children. I guess next will be To Sail Beyond the Sunset.
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01-22-2003, 02:27 PM | #551 |
The Buddy Rabbit
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*kicks Charlotte Bronte in her ethereal shins*
That was like watching paint dry on the shell of a tortoise Currently reading, or about to start:Hidden Lives by Margaret Forster. |
01-22-2003, 10:29 PM | #552 |
Elf Lord
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Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!
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01-22-2003, 10:35 PM | #553 |
Elf Lord
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Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!
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01-24-2003, 02:43 AM | #554 |
The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain
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Lemony Snicket is great! I read teh first one this fall...haven't had time to pick up the rest, but I'll get around to it...
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01-24-2003, 03:04 AM | #555 |
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just finished reading Dracula, and now im reading LOTR:FOTR (for the first time) and im also reading Harry Potter and Philosophers Stone
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01-24-2003, 10:45 AM | #556 |
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Have switched, and am now reading the Letters of JRR Tolkien, since it came into the library (putting books on hold is free here )
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01-24-2003, 11:14 AM | #557 |
The Quite Querulous Quendi
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Just finished The Sopranos by Alan Warner (no relation to the TV series). Tip-top, anarchic stuff. He seems to be able write really well from a woman's perspective (or so I think, but I'm not a woman so who knows)
Any other Warner fans out there? He also wrote Morvern Callar. |
01-24-2003, 05:11 PM | #558 |
Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
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You mean Eilene Warner?
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01-26-2003, 05:02 PM | #559 |
Elf Lord
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I'm reading now "Forbidden Spell"
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01-27-2003, 10:17 PM | #560 |
Elven Warrior
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Just finished From a Buick 8 by Stephen King.
I will start Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton soon. It's been on my list and I've put it off for way too long. |
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