Bookcrossing!
Jul. 13th, 2004 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalYAY! I found my first bookcrossing book today! It was in a local mall... it's not a book I'd normall read (James Bond-ish... I hate James Bond) but it was exciting to find it and catch it! I'm going to read it and release it back into the wild for someone else to read.
I've got some boxes of books together for the yard sale (not my books... family books/parents' books) so I'm going to go through those and see which ones I can read and release as well. Happy happy.
On another happy note, I went to Borders today to get sister a birthday present (which ended up being the second and third LotR books... she's reading The Hobbit now and I bought her the first book for Christmas a couple years ago... also bought her a bookmark) BUT bought myself the first Eerie Queerie manga. heehee I'm pathetic. *snuggles it* This, mind, is yet another instance of my seeing something online that's put up there rather illegally (scanned book pages) and liking it so much I go out and make a purchase. Thanks to the internet, I'm sure I've spent at least $500 on CDs, DVDs, and books that I wouldn't have bought otherwise. So I'm not going to feel guilty for downloading things. Nope!
Anyhoo I was FLOORED by the manga selection. It's not like the Barnes and Nobles back in bumfuck where I used to live (which was 3 shelves at best). This had a WHOLE ROW and a HALF! I've never seen so many mangas in one place before! Honestly, I was floored. Happy... veeery happy! And impressed! And SOOO glad to be back in a city again! Or at least close to a city where there are actual people... people who apparently like anime enough to justify a giant manga section in a small bookstore :-)
But... yay! Bookcrossing book! Happy day! Hope sister likes presents... I'm going to go through my CDs tonight and make her a mixed CD, too. I want to get her into RENT. After finding out Jai from Queer Eye played Angel on broadway, I think I got her interested in it. *crosses fingers*
I've got some boxes of books together for the yard sale (not my books... family books/parents' books) so I'm going to go through those and see which ones I can read and release as well. Happy happy.
On another happy note, I went to Borders today to get sister a birthday present (which ended up being the second and third LotR books... she's reading The Hobbit now and I bought her the first book for Christmas a couple years ago... also bought her a bookmark) BUT bought myself the first Eerie Queerie manga. heehee I'm pathetic. *snuggles it* This, mind, is yet another instance of my seeing something online that's put up there rather illegally (scanned book pages) and liking it so much I go out and make a purchase. Thanks to the internet, I'm sure I've spent at least $500 on CDs, DVDs, and books that I wouldn't have bought otherwise. So I'm not going to feel guilty for downloading things. Nope!
Anyhoo I was FLOORED by the manga selection. It's not like the Barnes and Nobles back in bumfuck where I used to live (which was 3 shelves at best). This had a WHOLE ROW and a HALF! I've never seen so many mangas in one place before! Honestly, I was floored. Happy... veeery happy! And impressed! And SOOO glad to be back in a city again! Or at least close to a city where there are actual people... people who apparently like anime enough to justify a giant manga section in a small bookstore :-)
But... yay! Bookcrossing book! Happy day! Hope sister likes presents... I'm going to go through my CDs tonight and make her a mixed CD, too. I want to get her into RENT. After finding out Jai from Queer Eye played Angel on broadway, I think I got her interested in it. *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2004-07-13 06:34 pm (UTC)Borders is GREAT. I love it. I went in one the first time when I visited my dad. *Sighs dreamily* Not just the manga section, but they have A LOT of books...Moreso than Barnes and Noble. You can find a lot at Border's...
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Date: 2004-07-14 04:51 am (UTC)I find Borders takes comics and manga seriously, which is a refreshing change from "You *read* that crap??!" Whenever I used to go to Borders with my sweetie, I could always count on having to track him down in that section. Fortunately, it's usually near the mystery and romance sections, so I have an excuse to hang out there, too. :)