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Tracey the Lizard Queen wrote: "Iain wrote: "I'd think about it, except the only book I own is House of Leaves ... it's an experimental book I couldn't read on kindle or listen to on audio... 2 mediums I've been usin..."

Boy is that edition's blurb terrible... it says next to nothing and what it does say paints a very wrong picture about the book...

The old man is Zampano... he is blind, and dies in the Foreword... which is written by the tattoo shop intern Johnny... who went into his house with a friend and found a weird manuscript... the manuscript is a dissection of a fake documentary... the documentary is about a famous photographer who moves into a house only for a door to appear into an endless hallway that defies physics... the book is Zampano's manuscript littered with footnotes by Zampano, Johnny, and even the editors sometimes... that should give an idea of what the book is about at least... without revealing much... even tho the book has 750 pages, it's more like 400-450 if you remove all the wasted space in the more visual segments... I bought this 2nd edition version: -- I think it has some extra chapters and appendices...

Iain wrote: "Tracey the Lizard Queen wrote: "Iain wrote: "I'd think about it, except the only book I own is House of Leaves ... it's an experimental book I couldn't read on kindle or listen to on a..."

Cool I'll look out for that edition!

Hey guys...Might be offline for a bit as Hurricane Irma works its way up towards South Georgia. Power and internet issues are likely....

We're about hunkered down though, with supplies. So we should be fine. I'll post when things get back to "normal" or close to it....

Hope everything is ok, Chris! I think most of it is going to miss us here in SC.

Good luck Chris.

Thanks..current projections don't have us getting the worst of it at least...

Hope the best for you, Chris.

Thinking of you and everyone affected Chris.

Do you mind checking in again when it's over? Just so we know he's ok

Thanks, ladies....

Yes, Margret, I'll check in. They're saying power outages could be pretty extensive, but I'll post something when I can.

Good luck Chris.

I mean.... *you're ok... you know what I meant haha

Stay safe, Chris, and everyone else in the affected areas.

Chris wrote: "Thanks, ladies....

Yes, Margret, I'll check in. They're saying power outages could be pretty extensive, but I'll post something when I can."

Good Luck buddy, hope all of your family remains healthy and safe!

Thanks y'all. Made it through the night without too much issue, just one power outage that lasted fifteen minutes or so. We're getting the bulk of the weather today, so we'll see. So far it's windy and rainy....

Chris wrote: "Thanks y'all. Made it through the night without too much issue, just one power outage that lasted fifteen minutes or so. We're getting the bulk of the weather today, so we'll see. So far it's windy..."

That's good to hear buddy!

Reckon most of us from around the world have been watching the weather updates and sending good vibes (if nothing else) to all the affected families. At work, we pitched in to send blankets and med supplies to the Virgin Islands where Maria has floored what Irma left standing :-(

Okaaaaaaaay, keeping it bookish + moving on from the sombreness without being too callous...in 3...2...1...
Ima thinking of joining the Dewey's 24 hour readathon on Oct 21. It will be my first readathon ever (sometimes it feels like I'm new at everything) and I was wondering if you peeps have done any before and have any advice?

Also a heads up if anyone wants to join since it looks like a lot of us will be in the middle of a bunch of chunky munky BRs around then. There are prizes and mini-challenges and cool stuff of all kinds + this edition is their ten-year anniversary so they'll prolly do something special. So I want everyone to WIN. Or at least take a shot.

Check out the event

To any (potential) snarks, I am in no way affiliated to/cunningly promoting this readathon. It's pretty famous already. I am however a shameless promoter of reading :-) and winning prizes for reading fantasy has gotta be pretty high on my list of stuff I wanna do.

GR (a readathon affiliate) will be my main tracking platform since I don't DO any other social media.

So, what say, should I do it?

Yes, yes you should! And let us know how it goes!

Tks Margret. Oh and I've added Draconis Memoria.

Ok so today I met Peter V Brett in Leeds and got the first 2 books signed as well as getting The Core (even though I only read number one) which has a beautiful cover with Demon boy on it haha

Anyway I was really nervous since it was my first signing and I was tripping over my words and all that I was thinking Brett was having difficulty understanding but I managed to say how I enjoyed his first book and pointed out a funny observation with the ecosystem in the books and he said that he had appendixes on it and it was good to know he thought of it and explained it to me even though it wasn't a detractor.

Anyway I enjoyed talking to him and letting out my inner stupid fangirl and it probably made my week and also influencing me to prioritise demon cycle now. Now I guess I wait for the next author who I read/enjoyed to visit.

Sounds like an awesome experience! I'm glad you got to meet him. :) I think authors appreciate the fangirl/boy stuff haha.

That's so awesome Ahdam! You're a lucky guy! I'd love to go to an author meet and greet one day

Thanks guys to be honest it was just a good opportunity since it was a 20 minute train journey to meet him as well as having a break in my schedule so I can go there sure the weather was shit but it was just too good to pass up and at the end of it I'm glad I went there since I would probably be regretting it if it didn't 😂😂😂

Good on ya, Ahdam!

Hey everyone..

New grandbaby born on Saturday, September 30th.

Sophia Elizabeth
9:25 am
7 lb, 1 oz
19.5 inches

She was born on her big brother's 13th birthday!

Chris wrote: "Hey everyone..

New grandbaby born on Saturday, September 30th.

Sophia Elizabeth
9:25 am
7 lb, 1 oz
19.5 inches

She was born on her big brother's 13th birthday!"

Congrats!!!

Chris wrote: "Hey everyone..

New grandbaby born on Saturday, September 30th.

Sophia Elizabeth
9:25 am
7 lb, 1 oz
19.5 inches

She was born on her big brother's 13th birthday!"

Awesome, congratulations Chris! How many grandkids does this make for you?

Congratulations Chris haha 👍🏽👍🏽🎉🎉🎉

:D!!! New grandbaby? Congrats!

Thanks!

Liam, she's #4. First girl though.

2017 doubled my grandbabies.

We have:
Boy 13
Boy 3 (going on 12)
Boy 2 months
Girl 3 days

Congrats Chris! That is super exciting!

Congrats, Chris!

Now this is the kind of news I like to see! Congrats Chris on your newest love

Great news Chris! Lots of good wishes to Baby & Mom.

Congrats

Congratulations! Lovely news :)

Congrats Chris!

Chris wrote: "Hey everyone..

New grandbaby born on Saturday, September 30th.

Sophia Elizabeth
9:25 am
7 lb, 1 oz
19.5 inches

She was born on her big brother's 13th birthday!"

Congrats! September 30 is the best day to be born on :)

Thanks, y'all. :) We'll be going to San Antonio in November to see them. Can't wait...

Tammie, that's your birthday too? Wow. Well, happy belated birthday :) ��

Tammie wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey everyone..

New grandbaby born on Saturday, September 30th.

Sophia Elizabeth
9:25 am
7 lb, 1 oz
19.5 inches

She was born on her big brother's 13th birthday!"

Congrats! Septemb..."

Agreed! It's my birthday too! XD

Chris wrote: "Thanks, y'all. :) We'll be going to San Antonio in November to see them. Can't wait...

Tammie, that's your birthday too? Wow. Well, happy belated birthday :) ��"

Thank you!

Congratulations to you and your family Chris.

Congratulations, Chris!

Happy birthday to Siobhan too it seems...

Thanks, all! :)

Hi guys. It's nearing the end of the year and we, the peeps at Booknest, have collaborated with several famed bloggers and three big publishers (Gollancz, Harper Voyager, and Tor.com) to create these awards.

It's time to give back to authors who have bestowed upon us their stories and new worlds to dive into, and all you have to do is vote! Yes, there are real trophies and they will be given to the winners. Full details and the poll here:

Went out to a show last night and was pleasantly surprised by the opening act. Her name is Bishop Briggs and that girl can sing like you wouldn’t believe..

Autocorrect fun.

I texted my eldest a question and she replied. I text her back Danke to get a rise out of her for using something I didn't think she would know. My phone autocorrected to Dank. Dank to me to a musty damp description. For her it's the equivalent of off the hook or some other outdated phase that was popular 20 years ago. So her and her friend are cracking up reading the text. They get in the car when my wife picks them up and are still cracking up saying, what's up with dad trying to be hip using dank? My wife told them what I really meant and that wasn't nearly as funny or cool. l

I hope everybody's next read is dank per my daughter's definition and not mine.

Oh Scott I honestly think you and my dad would get along sometimes 😂😂but yeah my dad always says outdated slang e.g. Dog word etc when than family is around just to make them cringe on purpose

Then again I would probably have the same reaction to your kids if my dad said that to me or if he started using dead memes or something😂😂😂😂👍🏽👍🏽

The joys of autocorrect. Never a dull moment. :)

That reminded me the time I sent an email in french to a coworker and instead of saying "Salut Emilie" I sent the email with: "Slut Emilie". I was mortified!

Oh yeah autocorrect bass it do the bands of me exists

Ahdam wrote: "Oh yeah autocorrect bass it do the bands of me exists"

lol