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[electricland]

Via slammerkinbabe and bookslut, an idea of pure genius: Literary speed dating.

If this turns up in Toronto, I'm totally going. Maybe I should start it. *ponders which books she would take*

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[talisker.livejournal.com]

I'd do that :)

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic idea! Which books would you take, though? If I took what currently sits on my "to read" shelf, I'd look wayy to pretentious. (I'm doing a university-reading memorial marathon, so it's Swift, Vonnegut, Heller, Wordsworth, and Byron, for starters. Maybe not such a good idea...)

Would it be okay to show up with a wheelbarrow? That way I could fit a nice collection in ...

Why am I thinking about this??? I'm supposed to be working! Also, TD would not be impressed, I think. Hm.

But it's a bloody great idea!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

It's a question! (You, of course, would have to take at least one PTerry. I might have to do likewise.) Limiting it to just three makes it tricky. Persuasion is one of my all-time favourite books, but I'm not sure what it says about me. I think it would need to be books I could happily talk about. An old favourite, a new favourite, and something I really hated just for variety? Hmmmm.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

*hee*

The boys might be worried about the plethora of horsey books on my pile... ;).

Also, re: Austen, my Sensei is reading _Pride and Prejudice_ for the first time at 60, because she liked the movie (which I still haven't seen) so much. She commented: "I can't believe how easy it is to read!" *hee*

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

A wheelbarrow full of Pratchetts, and maybe the Oxford dictonary on top. What does that say about me? Geek. Yay!

I like your idea. An old favourite ... The complete Sherlock Holmes. A new favourite ... A Pterry. Don't ask me which one. Something I hated ... Hm. My all-time most hated book is "Die Buddenbrooks" by Thomas Mann. Not exactly a talking point in ole Blighty, I assume.

Food for thought, food for thought!

Oh, I never told you: My Christmas card to you was returned to me two weeks ago. Apparently you don't live at 3 Kingswood Rd no more. Sorry about that, hon...