In Which I Describe a Rebellion
Jun. 21st, 2003 12:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulaI have returned from the bookstore, having spent rather a large sum on the following items. In order of ascending price:
These are all the books I purchased.
- Lord Hornblower, first edition
- Mr. Midshipman Easy, paperback edition of book first published in 1836
- History of Hand Knitting, for my forthcoming Elizabethan sock project
These are all the books I purchased.
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Date: 2003-06-21 05:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-06-21 05:11 pm (UTC)Besides, I've been trying to get my hands on History of Hand Knitting for at least 3 years.
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Date: 2003-06-21 05:13 pm (UTC)Harry swears in it, you know. Am most pleased.
And you are quite mad. Mad in the English sense.
I need to read your mother books so I can slash them. ;)
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Date: 2003-06-21 05:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-06-21 06:36 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-06-21 06:41 pm (UTC)However, JKR did say in an interview that Harry Potter wasn't meant as a children's book. *is tired* Argue about it later if I have the time?
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Date: 2003-06-21 06:43 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-06-21 06:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-06-21 06:54 pm (UTC)I have no interest in the setting, subject, or "plot." I generally prefer books that are actually well written. When I want pulp, I have a variety of other authors to turn to.
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Date: 2003-06-23 05:47 am (UTC)When I first saw Harry Potter in the store, I thought, "OH, ANOTHER child-goes-off to wizard school book. Well, I read about four of those as a kid. It's done for me."
Then set in the rage over all the wonderful books I read as a young adult that deserve this sort of fervor. Then the slow resignation that at the very least people are getting excited over a BOOK. Saw the movies- very predictable, bad plots, but worth a matinee price for entertainment. If the books are anything like them, why bother?
(and, more importantly, why bother when my current reading list is SOOO long I'll never get through it!)
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Date: 2003-06-23 12:33 pm (UTC)