All of the libraries in Glasgow I've been in seem so tall. So much wasted space. :gonk:
(for reference this is the closest library branch to my flat)

...Not to mention the extra cost of heating that space...

But, Victorian and Edwardian architecture does seem rather fond of being... Tall...

Always a shame when books are lost, but I guess at least they were lost in a way that can be claimed against insurance...

Hope nothing irreplaceable, book or otherwise, for rarity or sentimentality reasons, got damaged, and she's able to move back soon.

Aw, that's a shame. It must be a big blow to lose your library like that. Best of luck to your aunt in the future!

So I finished Heidegger's Glasses and I didn't like it one bit. It was a simple enough read, though. *shrugs*

I just realized the book I had listed next is one I've read before.
It's also a romance novel (and I mean the naughty kind lol). I'm going to try and read it again because I read it before I started my list.
Buuuuttt, if I find I'm not feeling that particular KIND of novel, I will probably just skip it. xD

I'm currently making my way through an order of comic trade paperbacks that arrived the other day since I don't currently have time to get started on any of my novel backlog.

Which series are you reading Gizensha?

I still have a ridiculous book backlog but the Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon.co.uk is Paper Towns for 99p so that's been added to the (virtual) pile.

At the moment? Chew, which is a dark comedy detective series set in an alternate universe and with a protagonist who can see the history of anything he eats; Wolverine and the X-Men which... Wolverine as a headmaster; the Paul Cornell run of Action Comics, published in trade paperback form as Superman: The Black Ring which is the arc staring Lex Luthor; And I've finally gotten round to picking up the final trade paperback for Captain Britain and MI13.

Also getting Stormwatch, Demon Knights and Animal Man, along with the monthlies of Earth-2 and World's Finest. It'll be a case of waiting for an opportunity to switch from the trades to the monthlies for everything else I'm reading.

Preacher, Sandman and Watchmen are on the 'to read' pile, as is Maus which... Isn't going to be an easy read at all simply due to the subject matter. (In case you're unaware on that one - It's a biographic piece of a holocaust survivor, written and I think drawn by his son. The fact that it's done with anthropomorphic animals isn't going to make it any easier to read)

Everything else that I'm trying to get round to reading are novels, one of which I couldn't find a copy of last I tried (Wild Cards: Dead Man's Hand), but I may attempt again at some point shortly *quickly checks Amazon* ...Err... Preferably one that isn't £23.98 second hand or £60.31 new. It'd be nice to read some more Wild Cards, but I'm not prepared to pay that much nor to start reading them out of order.

Heh, I seem to have read most of the comics you have in your to read pile. Haven't read any for a while now, the last series I read was Booster Gold. Maus was part of some of my friends A Level courses so I've seen it in passing.

I looked on Abebooks for the novel you mentioned but the prices weren't that much cheaper. Good luck tracking down a reasonable copy!

I have the list of books to type up finally! Will report any interesting titles I have to look up.

I remember as well some people asked about War Horse. Unfortunately I finished it just before falling ill at the time and it really knocked for me for six. I'll try and type up my thoughts about it and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes later. :)

Maus is a wonderful series - I've always been a big fan of Art Spiegelman. If you guys have the chance to check out his other work too, give it a shot. In the Shadow of No Towers is based on his own experiences during 9/11 and his political views, while Breakdowns is a cool little collection of his older comics.

(This is probably overly cautious for spoilers, but whatever)

Earth 2 #3 is weaker than the second and far weaker than the first, though still entertaining. There's something in it that I don't particularly like that was done, but which I love the way it was done, and... Honestly, was so obviously going to happen that I can't bring myself to be annoyed that it was done. The Flash stuff is still great fun, mind.

I think I might have gotten a little carried away at a bookstore today. which happens occasionally. I mean, sure, it was only six titles, but... Five are hardback and two are large tomes. My arms hurt.

Still, a couple of stuff I was sort of looking out for (Including a work by Charles Stross, maybe one day I'll get round to reading a full one - last time I started to I was far too busy), and a couple of spontaneous purchases (Rime of the Modern Mariner is probably the most interesting looking of those)

I do like Charles Stross. Waiting for the paperback of The Apocalypse Codex to come out rather than buying the Kindle version to try and work through some of the massive book backlog. Who knows, I might win the Laundry Field Agent competition and not have to buy it. [lol]

Carried away? Nahhh. Big book purchases are fun. [:D]

Not for carrying on busses they're not ;)

...Or for the wallet, for that matter.

Still hoping they can get a copy of Patricia Terrance's translation of Reynard the Fox in, one of their wholesalers hadn't heard of it, and the publisher was out of stock according to the other at the time. One of those 'borrowed from the library, getting a copy for myself now' things. Why Patricia Terrance's rather than any of the others that are available? I'm a huge fan of verse to verse translations, which are rare because of how difficult they are to do.

Have you looked for it online?

Did a quick search at some point, I think.

*rechecks*

Yeah, if they're unable to get hold of a copy I've got online options.

I've been pitifully slow with my reading this summer, but on a better note, today I got a $30 book I've been wanting for $5! I've seen it at the bookstore a few times and kept telling myself not to get it because I might find it or something similar at Half-Price Books. So glad I waited! :drool: It's called Knights and I think the author's last name is Bouchard. It's about, uh, knights. It's a very pretty book!

Gizensha- I didn't know that there was such a thing as verse to verse translations! Huh, I'll have to look for those in the future. I don't think my copy of Reynard the Fox is one, but it was fifty cents so I'm not going to bemoan the fact. [lol] Have you read other translations of it, or just the one you mentioned? I ask because you really seem to know what you're talking about! I've yet to read it at all OOPS

Just the one I've mentioned (Although I cocked up on the name of the translator, she's Patricia Terry, not Terrance), and it's the only verse to verse translation I know of for it. I'll be checking out other translations, particularly for the branches she didn't translate, at some point.

Unusually for me and the way I read, I've started Black Orchid by Gaiman and with art by McKean. A very odd read, an oddness only highlighted by McKean's downright strange art style that's both beautiful and odd at the same time.