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[kjpepper]

As about six fire trucks raced south on Pleasant street last night followed by what seemed to be the entire Amherst PD and at least one ambulance, my only thought was something along the lines of "The kids are back in town..." (yes, sung like "the boys are back in town.")

last night was full of Legos, Lost, House, losing my temper, interesting deep conversation... It's always fascinating and fun watching the boyos converse about shit. C and I were treated to anzovin and morlock discussing boundaries, male modes of behavior, and the law of Domain last night. I swear the five of us should get together, have popcorn or something and debate shit sometimes - I kinda miss the whole sitting around as a group and chatting about stuff.

After which there were bon-bons and Tetris. both of which were yummy cause they were Breyers bon-bons and morlock was unusually off his game so by the end there I was kicking his ass pretty consistently. Now if he could find his Mario Kart cartridge and I get a handle on drifting, maybe I could kick his ass in that game too. Maybe.

Why has no one beaten me with the omnibus edition of His Dark Materials and then forced me to read it before now? I'm in the middle of The Golden Compass and absolutely loving it.

more later.

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[inle-rah.livejournal.com]

Why has no one beaten me with the omnibus edition of His Dark Materials and then forced me to read it before now?

I am pretty sure that I have mentioned on more than one occasion that you should read it...only I don't have the omnibus edition to beat you with. Sorry. You'll have to keep me posted on what you think of it.

[extrajoker.livejournal.com]

You'll have to keep me posted on what you think of it.

Ditto with me. I'm often tempted to reread it, and if I didn't have so many other books waiting to be read, I'd probably have done so by now.

I don't think I've recommended it because I'm not always sure what you'll like. Like myself, you seem to have very eclectic tastes. And while you'll read fantasy, erotica, children's fiction, sci-fi, graphic novels, and so on -- you aren't necessarily going to like all fantasy, all erotica, etc.

That being said, I think you would like a young adult novel I recently finished, The Book Thief. While it's depressing, it's also quite entertaining, and the relationships of the children in the book reminded me of you -- especially the playfully-antagonistic flirting of the main character and her best friend. I loaned it to Rachel, but if you're interested, you may borrow it afterwards as well. :)

[wrpigeek.livejournal.com]

I really liked His Dark Materials. I have the whole thing in radio drama form, from when I used to be at WRPI. Just an FYI: the series takes a hard left at the second book. It's still very good, just a different direction than you might expect. It's almost as big a bait-and-switch as Bone was.

Oh, and in case you have no idea what Bone is, I promise you the link is 100% work-safe.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

Why has no one beaten me with the omnibus edition of His Dark Materials and then forced me to read it before now?

...the restraining order?

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

hahahahahahaha you totally win this one.