Library!

[oyceter]

Wow, the Los Altos library is crowded on weekends! Good for it! It always makes me happy seeing a nicely used public library. I still kind of miss the Princeton one though, especially the nice little cafe they had. But I do like how this one has sci-fi/fantasy in one section so I can easily find stuff. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have more obscure fantasy, but I did see some Kara Dalkey, who I keep wanting to read but can't find, Pamela Dean's Tam Lin, which I've wanted to reread to see if I'll like it better, and Jane Yolen. I don't understand why it's so hard to find Jane Yolen books. They've also got White Jenna, but I couldn't see Sister Light, Sister Dark, which is the first book! Argh. Maybe will wait till they are reissued in the near future. They've also got a whole collection of Windling and Datlow's Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies, which I really need to check out. I've still been trying to find the older books in Windling's Fairy Tale series (Dalkey's Nightingale and Wrede's Snow White, Rose Red in particular), but they seem to be out of print. Some day...

I ended up getting EL Doctorow's Ragtime, Emma Donoghue's Kissing the Witch, Ellen Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer and some random romances. I have such a hard time finding romances I like. I read part of Mary Jo Putney's China Bride, and... well. Was very irked by the portrayal of Canton and the alternating racism and PC-ness. But I figured it was a romance, and I am an EAS major who specializes in this and should probably cut the author some slack. But then she had the heroine try to throw herself on a knife when the hero tried to get her back in a very ridiculous scene. At which point, I threw the book away and promptly returned it. Ugh. Stupid heroines. I hate that breed. So now I am trying Karen Robards, whose last two I've read have been enjoyably fluffy, and Robin Schone, because she's caused such a fuss in the romance community. And... Christine Feehan because she writes vampire gothic romances. I (obviously) have a thing for vampires.

I found this off LJ: Booklend. It's like Netflix for books, but free. The guy who runs it pays for the postage (both ways!) all by himself. I'm very impressed. I wonder if he wants help....

I also tried making blueberry jam today, because I didn't feel like eating all my blueberries. I don't know if it's actually jammy, but if not, at least it'll make syrup for my waffles. And then I made peach jam/syrup! This is fun.

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[angeyja.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!!! I had a packet in my mailbox this AM!!!

It's in the filing cabinet now... have to wait until tomorrow to print. I didn't see the thread on the board either... checked the archives too. Might be easiest just to ask Mas in her LJ on Wednesday when she's back. I'm reading the board very lightly this summer, with the LJ there's not time for everything and with no new eps seemed natural to take a break.

I still like hardcopy better and with the board I tend to skim read the thread titles and catch up on the actual posts via the printed archives later when I can read the whole thread unfolded. This is why I find some of the other boards a little easier to read. They stay in what I think is called verbose mode and you can easily scan everyone's replies before responding yourself. With our board too I'm much more hesitant to respond off the cuff. :-)

I know what you mean about the interviews. Some I love and others I just go Oboy! Whoa!

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[oyceter]

Yeah, the thing is pretty hefty printed out!

There are printed archives for AtPO? I should check that out... sometimes I find it frustrating following live threads because then I lose track of the argument when new people join in. This is probably a big reason why I don't post on the board!