Comments on: Most memorable reads of 2009 http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/ a literary blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:11:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anda http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Anda Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:49:41 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1989 There's an antique store near where I live that has something similar to a page from a Illuminated manuscript in the window. I've yet to work up the courage to walk into the store. But it looks like I made out like a bandit with ice cream places! 3 Gelatto places and at least 3 more ice cream places. There’s an antique store near where I live that has something similar to a page from a Illuminated manuscript in the window.
I’ve yet to work up the courage to walk into the store.

But it looks like I made out like a bandit with ice cream places! 3 Gelatto places and at least 3 more ice cream places.

]]> By: kakaner http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 kakaner Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:46:03 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1963 *raises hand* My library. Is. Major. Suckage. I also go to a tech school so they really don't have much in the way of awesome books. I would KILL to see more illuminated manuscripts. If I get really rich someday, I'm beelining for illuminated manuscripts at rare book stores. And no we don't have an ice cream place within walking distance (unless you count McDonalds) and no we don't have a good bookstore within comfortable walking distance. *raises hand*

My library. Is. Major. Suckage. I also go to a tech school so they really don’t have much in the way of awesome books. I would KILL to see more illuminated manuscripts. If I get really rich someday, I’m beelining for illuminated manuscripts at rare book stores.

And no we don’t have an ice cream place within walking distance (unless you count McDonalds) and no we don’t have a good bookstore within comfortable walking distance.

]]> By: Melanie http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1962 Melanie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:36:15 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1962 i loved The Graveyard Book but read it in 2008 so it didn't come up on my best of 2009 list. I started reading Stranger in a Strange Land last year but never finished it. need to dig that back out.... i loved The Graveyard Book but read it in 2008 so it didn’t come up on my best of 2009 list. I started reading Stranger in a Strange Land last year but never finished it. need to dig that back out….

]]> By: Emera http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1885 Emera Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:37:11 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1885 It's too bad you haven't had to / been able to use it more - I often feel guilty that there must be so many amazing and underappreciated books in university libraries in particular that go ignored by students simply because we're too busy doing other things. :P oh to be a perpetual student, with no actual homework! <i>Though why a decent book/ comic store doesn’t move in is beyond me, given that there is a captive audience.</i> I always wonder about missed opportunities like these, that seem blindingly obvious from the perspective of the deprived consumer. (e.g. Kakaner's university has NO ice cream places within walking distance, which is unthinkable to me. :P) Maybe there isn't enough retail space in your area? (random guess) In general, it is pretty hard to start book stores, I know, but it's pretty bizarre that a Barnes and Nobles or the like hasn't just opened a location there. It’s too bad you haven’t had to / been able to use it more – I often feel guilty that there must be so many amazing and underappreciated books in university libraries in particular that go ignored by students simply because we’re too busy doing other things. :P oh to be a perpetual student, with no actual homework!

Though why a decent book/ comic store doesn’t move in is beyond me, given that there is a captive audience.
I always wonder about missed opportunities like these, that seem blindingly obvious from the perspective of the deprived consumer. (e.g. Kakaner’s university has NO ice cream places within walking distance, which is unthinkable to me. :P) Maybe there isn’t enough retail space in your area? (random guess) In general, it is pretty hard to start book stores, I know, but it’s pretty bizarre that a Barnes and Nobles or the like hasn’t just opened a location there.

]]> By: Anda http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1880 Anda Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:50:20 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1880 It does, anything you can think of about Baroque, Disney-Renaissance, Impressionists, the comic Golden-age the library has, down to Don Bluth's original artwork and the like. I think I've used it once, for Illuminated maniscripts. XP This might have something to do with the college in question being a art school. Though why a decent book/ comic store doesn't move in is beyond me, given that there is a captive audience. Nobody - and I mean NOBODY, has a car. It does, anything you can think of about Baroque, Disney-Renaissance, Impressionists, the comic Golden-age the library has, down to Don Bluth’s original artwork and the like.
I think I’ve used it once, for Illuminated maniscripts. XP
This might have something to do with the college in question being a art school.
Though why a decent book/ comic store doesn’t move in is beyond me, given that there is a captive audience. Nobody – and I mean NOBODY, has a car.

]]> By: Emera http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 Emera Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:47:50 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1864 Nooooo! That would drive me crazy - in my head, campus libraries in particular exist for the purpose of containing every book you might think to look for. (I love trying to stump my campus library's catalogue.) :P Well, of course having access to obscure art tomes has its advantages, too... Nooooo! That would drive me crazy – in my head, campus libraries in particular exist for the purpose of containing every book you might think to look for. (I love trying to stump my campus library’s catalogue.) :P Well, of course having access to obscure art tomes has its advantages, too…

]]> By: Anda http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1857 Anda Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:21:02 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1857 Aside from the campus library, none within walking distance. But if you want a lavish coffee-table book on Illuminated manuscripts, Fleischer-era animation backgrounds or something equally weird and artsy the campus library has it- non-fiction not so much. Aside from the campus library, none within walking distance. But if you want a lavish coffee-table book on Illuminated manuscripts, Fleischer-era animation backgrounds or something equally weird and artsy the campus library has it- non-fiction not so much.

]]> By: Emera http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1856 Emera Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:02:41 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1856 Do you at least have a good library around you? Even if there are no bookstores, libraries are always lifesavers! Do you at least have a good library around you? Even if there are no bookstores, libraries are always lifesavers!

]]> By: Anda http://theblackletters.net/most-memorable-reads-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Anda Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:02:00 +0000 http://theblackletters.net/?p=2169#comment-1847 2009 is when I decided to read Perdido Street Station a book I picked up on a whim in 2008 after I heard it mentioned in passing on a blog as a good read. That was an excellent whim. I've just picked up "The City and the City" and it's fantastic. I haven't read very many books this year either- I blame the distance to Bookstores. It's a trade off. I have art supply stores that stock the strangest things, albeit when "glassblowing" and "installation art" are legit electives, you start to expect weird things. 2009 is when I decided to read Perdido Street Station a book I picked up on a whim in 2008 after I heard it mentioned in passing on a blog as a good read. That was an excellent whim.
I’ve just picked up “The City and the City” and it’s fantastic.
I haven’t read very many books this year either- I blame the distance to Bookstores. It’s a trade off. I have art supply stores that stock the strangest things, albeit when “glassblowing” and “installation art” are legit electives, you start to expect weird things.

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