Bibliophile Thread

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:29 am

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Postby **eddy** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:20 am

I love going to the library and perusing, but I have to find a better process on checking out. By the time I'm ready to leave, I have 15 books in my pile ranging from islamic mysticism to Sandman comics to the murder of roger ackroyd and 2 hours have went by and I think of the stack already sitting at home and when the hell I'm going to read all of these, so I spend another 20 minutes putting things back (and finding more).

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:37 am

Please do not reshelve library books. You have good intentions, but often things are mishelved and then deemed lost.

Also, most libraries track copy use as well as circulation. We have a lot of books that are used only in the library, and that's an important metric for us.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:40 am

Please do not reshelve library books. You have good intentions, but often things are mishelved and then deemed lost.

Also, most libraries track copy use as well as circulation. We have a lot of books that are used only in the library, and that's an important metric for us.

So I shouldn't just be putting them back wherever I want?

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:41 am

I feel personally attacked, eddy.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:54 am

haha. I have the upmost respect and I don't actually put them wherever. My aunt is a librarian at Notre Dame and she would kill me.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:56 am

and I've definitely been on the other end of trying to pick up a book that they say is in but isn't there, so I'll pay more attention

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:03 pm

Public library? Socialist.

I donate regularly to our local library and try and volunteer there on occasion, although it's tougher now with two kids. Libraries are one of the most important public services that local/state government can provide, and I always try and advocate as much as possible to people to patronize their library.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:51 pm

picked up a few books today that sound pretty cool

Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus This is the guy who writes with GDT and is finishing Romero's Living Dead book that he didn't finish

Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton I'm a sucker for anythign post apocalyptic and the premise sounds very interesting

Postby **eddy** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:27 pm

Anyone ever read the Monstress graphic novel? @Gaucho @obhave ?

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:27 pm

Negative.

Postby **obhave** » Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:25 pm

Anyone ever read the Monstress graphic novel? @Gaucho @obhave ?

I don't really read graphic novels, sorry!

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:33 pm

I highly recommend Robert Penn Warren's "Band of Angels".

Really good.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:00 pm

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis is fantastic. @Gaucho have you read this?

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:42 pm

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis is fantastic. @Gaucho have you read this?

I did not, but I probably will.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:50 pm

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis is fantastic. @Gaucho have you read this?
I did not, but I probably will.

do it. man, is it funny.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:30 pm

Finally got around to reading Good Omens. Man, that was a fun read. I love both of their writing styles, and I found myself laughing constantly throughout.

Postby **eddy** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:21 am

Finally got around to reading Good Omens. Man, that was a fun read. I love both of their writing styles, and I found myself laughing constantly throughout.

did you watch the show on Amazon? It too was a lot of fun and very well done

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:24 pm

Finally got around to reading Good Omens. Man, that was a fun read. I love both of their writing styles, and I found myself laughing constantly throughout.
did you watch the show on Amazon? It too was a lot of fun and very well done

Definitely watching that next

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:18 am

Recursion by Blake Crouch is on sale for $2.99 today, this is a good read

https://www.amazon.com/Recursion-Novel- ... ac07130INT

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:40 am

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis is fantastic. @Gaucho have you read this?
I did not, but I probably will.
do it. man, is it funny.

That and True Grit are fantastic.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:42 am

I highly recommend Robert Penn Warren's "Band of Angels".

Really good.

About a third through that LBJ biography, he was an absolute psycho.

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:47 am

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis is fantastic. @Gaucho have you read this?
I did not, but I probably will.
do it. man, is it funny.
That and True Grit are fantastic.

I liked True Grit enough, but I enjoyed Dog of the South so much more. Requesting Norwood from the library next.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:49 am

Recursion by Blake Crouch is on sale for $2.99 today, this is a good read

https://www.amazon.com/Recursion-Novel- ... ac07130INT

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:11 pm

I just finished Book 2 of Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy. I had watched the show but never read the books--I definitely love the universe that is set in.