Books and Cute Toys

[anogete]

I bought too many books at the used bookstore today. I need to rearrange my shelves because they are in disarray, and I my organizational tendencies are crying out for mercy. After about five minutes of mental debate in the store, I bought Twilight and the two novels that follow by Stephanie Meyer. The women at the register said that they couldn't keep the books in the store because so many people can in asking for them. Apparently, they had bought the three novels just an hour and a half before I walked in the door. They claimed I was very fortunate. I'm curious as to how books can cause such incredible amounts of fandom wank. However, I'm trying not to approach them with a bias, even if there are fandom wars over the series going on as I type this.

Oh! And I found the cutest little things at the check-out counter. A student from a local high school is trying to raise money for a visit to Japan. She received permission from the bookstore to place some homemade bookmarks, fabric book covers, and stuffed toys at the front of their store. There is a note beside the setup that the money goes toward her trip. So, in an effort to support fellow fangirls everywhere, I bought two of her toys and a bookmark. The toys are beyond cute, and I'm going to place them on my bookshelf once I get it reorganized. I have no idea who the bookmark is, but he's totally my type of fandom-love character.





"Brood King" or "Blood King" is written at the bottom of the drawing on the bookmark, so if anyone is aware who this is, please tell me. For all I know, he's a character the Japan-loving fangirl created. And Sandia High Japan-loving fangirl from Albuquerque: make more terribly cute toys and I'll buy them the next time I'm in Page One Too.

One day I will have a house that has built-in bookshelves along one wall of the living room. This is my goal in life. As it is in this apartment, I'm running out of room. I have to stack the books two deep and two high to fit them all, and hardbacks and oversize paperbacks just throw my entire system off.

Comments

[dreamy-dragon73.livejournal.com]

The toys are really cute :)

I've yet to make up my mind whether I like Twilight or not. I could find a lot to criticise, but on the other hand I couldn't put it down. There is something about it which makes it a very compelling read. So I'll probably read the other two as well.
There are fandom wars about it? I wasn't even aware the series had gathered that big a following. *iz very curious*

Speaking of fandom... *murmurs something about a certain file*

[eatenbyfangirls.livejournal.com]

o_o Didn't Page One lose their lease? I heard they're moving everything into Page One Too. I am so, sooo sad about it - they're seriously some of the nicest people I've ever met. And they love books.

I'm curious to know what you think of Twilight. I harbor an unfortunate automatic dislike for vampire fiction, but I feel bad hating something without giving it a chance. >_o

[anogete.livejournal.com]

Is that what happened? I saw the note in Page One Too about the remodeling, but it didn't say anything about the two store combining. How sad! I like both stores, though I do use Page One Too much more often. Plus, I really don't want them to mix up the new and used books. It makes it so much harder to find things. Well, poo... how sucky.

[smartoompaa.livejournal.com]

The books really are amazing, let me know what you think about them, and I understand the whole disorganiazation mess. I keep buying more books and this in turn leaves me having to keep reorganizing

[holczer13.livejournal.com]

Ok, just had to comment...there isn't a "fandom" out there worth diddly, that doesn't have some "omg drama". It wouldn't be a 'fandom' without multiple folks with different views. It would be fan (minus dom) because there would only be 1 fan...LOL

Secondly, YOU will NEVER HAVE enough bookshelf space, I have a 4 bedroom home, no children(well ok, 3 fuzzy kids) and 8 bookcases, and then more books downstairs( and gaming crap) and more books in boxes, and more books strewn about in every single damn room. Tons of damn books, if there is ever a fire, my house will go up like a torch! And where there are not books, there are magazines and newspapers and and and. Good luck keeping up...

PS-The journey to 10 jillion books is worth the ride...every single book(well except maybe for Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce)

[anogete.livejournal.com]

PS-The journey to 10 jillion books is worth the ride...every single book(well except maybe for Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce)

Ha! I dislike that book so much. I tell myself that if I read it now, I would appreciate it more than ten years ago, but I'm still not convinced.