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trunk...?!? "old" "good" books...?!?
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Thanks!! Been waiting for a while for this, now James Potter will go on my TBR (because I haven't read any of them but know from reputable sources that i'ts good.) On that note, Skin Game release date: 151 DAYS! And Chosen will be out in 42 DAYS!
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Quotes: Hello...anybody here...! beyond an audience’s reach.
Quote: Originally Posted by frahse View Post Fill that trunk with some known "old" good reads while you wait. 15 or 20 years or more, maybe. Quote:
Sorry. Perhaps that is one of those "you had to have been there, to understand." In my youth, I was in the military service. We many times lived out of wooden or metal foot lockers (trunks would be the term most would recognize) at the foot of our bunk and duffles (canvas bags - check out the "Man of Steel" movie) tied or locked to the frame of the bed. They contained all we owned or used except for some "serial numbered issue items" that were sometimes locked in racks. Your picture of the "book" and the man peering into it reminded me of that. As for your: "define "old" "good" books, possibly including a couple of examples?" I was looking for something and saw a bin of Modesitt books that I read years ago, and I went through two of them again to answer a question in my mind about the history of the Recluse series. ... and you are welcome. Thank you for your efforts. |
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beyond an audience’s reach. To the only line in my post which was: Hello...anybody here...! The book did, in fact, remind me of a trunk as well. In fact the trunk in which Mad-eye Moody was imprisoned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But the bottomless book was was perfect for use in a forum dedicated to reading books. |
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Ha! That's what I thought too -- until I realized that it didn't have 7 different openings, at which point, what's the point?
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(Probably from a line added after the picture.) A quick look didn't find it. Not really important. |
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The latest Discworld book was announced yesterday to be "Raising Steam" and will involve the Undertaking!
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I'm here!!
Well, I'm here occasionally. I miss Harry Dresden, having finished my first complete rereading and gone on to other books (trying to make it through Devil in the White City at the moment). My husband just started reading Cold Days. He wishes Harry would go back to being a PI Wizard in Chicago working cases. I'll bet sometimes Harry wishes that, too! Meanwhile, I can hardly remember what happened in Cold Days -- must be gettin' old! |
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Not a bad birthday present to yourself, getting to spend all that time in Harry's world, seeing old friends and again vanquishing old enemies, but without fear for what might happen -- until you get to the new book, that is!
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Book Review: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
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Ghoul, Goblin: Number Five Arrives!
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