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 Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:00 pm
MadHatterDA That thing is pretty neat. I might have to break down and buy one for my wife or my sister. o= I dunno will have to see at Christmas, because she wants a telescope currently and that will cost enough for an anniversary present. xd
I think on my shelf I have just some random comic/graphic novel stuff...umm Hatter M, Grimm's Alice in Wonderland, Sin City (I love Sin city) and Scott Pilgrim...because I'm a big ole nerd. emotion_awesome
Yeah, I really want one, I am just a tad bit worried about the battery life, but seeing how it is rated four stars, I think it should be o.k. I love telescopes, though it isn't much use for out here as everything blocks the view. I actually liked microscopes more, I had one when I was little. LOL I even put my own hair under the microscope to see what it looked like. I miss it. I heard of Scott Pilgrim, but I hadn't had a chance to check any of those out yet. I really need to do that sometime. smile
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:21 am
MadHatterDA Oh wow, what kinda stuff do they write? Understandable, I think I'm just amused by everything so it takes a lot to really get my attention, half the time I just read it and move on. That reminds me. I had someone bring me one to read before that did refer to some of it as like food. I just about died laughing. V.V We own a lot of book shelves I actually need to get another one since I have about fifty books in a tub in the closet. We're looking into finding somewhere to live where I can have a little library. That would simply make my day. I suppose I'll forever be an old fart and not upgrade to the modern age of technology. my husband writes mostly scifi stuff and my friend likes paranormal and fantasy stuff. she and i have been working on one story for a few years now, she keeps rewriting it since we keep changing parts of the plot and develop the characters more. mind you im not the toughest critic when it comes to reading so i personally think her writing is pretty good, i cant write at all so im always amazed that they can describe things so well. ive got tubs and bookshelves filled back at my dad's house. i would love to have a room just for a library someday. if i love a book enough i wouldnt mind buying it again just to have an actual physical copy to put on a shelf
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:00 pm
Shanna66 MadHatterDA Oh wow, what kinda stuff do they write? Understandable, I think I'm just amused by everything so it takes a lot to really get my attention, half the time I just read it and move on. That reminds me. I had someone bring me one to read before that did refer to some of it as like food. I just about died laughing. V.V We own a lot of book shelves I actually need to get another one since I have about fifty books in a tub in the closet. We're looking into finding somewhere to live where I can have a little library. That would simply make my day. I suppose I'll forever be an old fart and not upgrade to the modern age of technology. my husband writes mostly scifi stuff and my friend likes paranormal and fantasy stuff. she and i have been working on one story for a few years now, she keeps rewriting it since we keep changing parts of the plot and develop the characters more. mind you im not the toughest critic when it comes to reading so i personally think her writing is pretty good, i cant write at all so im always amazed that they can describe things so well. ive got tubs and bookshelves filled back at my dad's house. i would love to have a room just for a library someday. if i love a book enough i wouldnt mind buying it again just to have an actual physical copy to put on a shelf
Here is the list of of novels Shanna. I see that she doesn't have as many as I thought, but there they are in little categories and such.
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Have you ever seen this site I think it's like called book porn or something? It's just pages of some of the neatest looking home libraries, book shelves ect. I love to visit and look through the different styles that they have. I know my own library is a long ways away and currently I only have cheap tall bookshelves in my office to keep books. I'm hoping in a few years when the wife gets out of school we can buy a house. I'm actually in the process of selling off our paperbacks one by one and replacing them with hardbacks. It's taking forever. @_@ Do you ever buy the classic bound sets at Barnes and noble? I love those! I bought a few on sale a few weeks ago as well.
[quote="Playboy Karasu Uchiha']
Is there a type of warranty on the battery life or anything?
Ah, see we have always more or less lived far out in the country. We actually have a small back balcony that would be a wonderful place for a telescope for her. I just have to find a decent one. Our anniversary is in a few weeks, and I'm thinking a telescope and a new wedding band.
Scott Pilgrim is pretty funny, and I liked it better than the movie. Sin City is def my favorite if it comes to comic or graphic novel stuff.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:25 pm
Alex Sanchez is one of my favorite authors, and all of the books by him (that I know of) are about understanding your sexuality and such. I seriously just love all of his books, especially "The God Box"
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:29 pm
I read one called Rainbow Boys, I think it was, and the series. It was good, except the ending of the last book I was like.. NUUU! xD It ended at a point you'd think it would continue, but it doesn't. ; w ; D;
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:57 pm
Michelle Tea books are really good! I spent all of high school quoting poems from The Beautiful, which is a hilarious book of poems written in the 90's in San Francisco and it basically talks about Michelle's experiences on different drugs and having sex with random women. She also wrote a few novels, one is called Valencia and another is Rose of No Man's Land. Those are the one's I've read at least =P
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:30 am
MadHatterDA Shanna66 MadHatterDA Oh wow, what kinda stuff do they write? Understandable, I think I'm just amused by everything so it takes a lot to really get my attention, half the time I just read it and move on. That reminds me. I had someone bring me one to read before that did refer to some of it as like food. I just about died laughing. V.V We own a lot of book shelves I actually need to get another one since I have about fifty books in a tub in the closet. We're looking into finding somewhere to live where I can have a little library. That would simply make my day. I suppose I'll forever be an old fart and not upgrade to the modern age of technology. my husband writes mostly scifi stuff and my friend likes paranormal and fantasy stuff. she and i have been working on one story for a few years now, she keeps rewriting it since we keep changing parts of the plot and develop the characters more. mind you im not the toughest critic when it comes to reading so i personally think her writing is pretty good, i cant write at all so im always amazed that they can describe things so well. ive got tubs and bookshelves filled back at my dad's house. i would love to have a room just for a library someday. if i love a book enough i wouldnt mind buying it again just to have an actual physical copy to put on a shelf
Here is the list of of novels Shanna. I see that she doesn't have as many as I thought, but there they are in little categories and such.
x
Have you ever seen this site I think it's like called book porn or something? It's just pages of some of the neatest looking home libraries, book shelves ect. I love to visit and look through the different styles that they have. I know my own library is a long ways away and currently I only have cheap tall bookshelves in my office to keep books. I'm hoping in a few years when the wife gets out of school we can buy a house. I'm actually in the process of selling off our paperbacks one by one and replacing them with hardbacks. It's taking forever. @_@ Do you ever buy the classic bound sets at Barnes and noble? I love those! I bought a few on sale a few weeks ago as well.
[quote="Playboy Karasu Uchiha']Is there a type of warranty on the battery life or anything? Ah, see we have always more or less lived far out in the country. We actually have a small back balcony that would be a wonderful place for a telescope for her. I just have to find a decent one. Our anniversary is in a few weeks, and I'm thinking a telescope and a new wedding band. Scott Pilgrim is pretty funny, and I liked it better than the movie. Sin City is def my favorite if it comes to comic or graphic novel stuff. i love their hardcovor classics, i got a few of my favorite books even though i already had them as paperback hubby just got a bookshelf yesterday at walmart for our old college books. right now they are just laying in piles on the floor in the guest room. ill have to look up this book porn, it sounds wonderful. at some point in my life i still want to get a revolving book shelf reptiles magazine had an amazing home library when they had a how to guide of making a live viv for tropical animals. the tank was built into the book shelves. it was very stunning. i want to do that with some of my tanks
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:14 am
Augusten Burroughs is one of my favorite gay authors, he's pretty hilarious.
One of my favorite stories he wrote was Sellevision. The main character is a gay tv shopping network salesman who tries to put his life back together after accidentally exposing himself on national television. It's... it's just great.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:45 pm
A great book that everyone in the LGBT community is Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg.
It takes place in the pre-Stonewall and Stonewall era of the 1950's-1980's.
It's about a young butch, named Jesse, (who is *trans later on) growing up in this era where homosexuals were...treated brutally.
It chroniclizes the life of Jesse as she goes through coming out, finding her place, and the police brutality, rape, and inequality she faces on a daily basis before the Stonewall riots.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:45 pm
I kinda liked "The Christmas Throwaway" believe that's what it was called.
Haven't read it in a long time..
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:46 pm
David Sedaris is a hilarious gay author. He mostly writes about his life and experiences--he has several books and occasionally writes for the New Yorker. As a gay man writing about his life, his sexuality crops up more than occasionally but less than frequently (ie his life and books do not revolve around his being gay). He has some great stuff to say not only about life as a gay man and growing up gay, but also about life in general. His books are often wrought with hilarity but are occasionally serious and probe some deeper issues.
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:58 pm
I just finished three novels by China Miéville, and the third (Iron Council) featured two queer protagonists. One seemed to identify as gay, while the other was implied to be bi/pansexual. The third protagonist was straight.
Quite aside from the fact that the Bas-Lag books were awesome anyway, I thought Miéville did a wonderful job with Cutter and Judah, the two characters. They weren't just token gays, and they weren't stereotypical. Their sexuality was handled the same way as that of all the other characters. It's not a gay-themed novel, by any means, but is a great novel that happens to have some well-written queer characters.
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