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shanachie_quill ([personal profile] shanachie_quill) wrote2011-05-08 11:39 am
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Bookstore Trip

I should not be let loose in a bookstore...really I should not. I went out to Borders yesterday to grab two books the [livejournal.com profile] emocezi  recommended to me. And since I had two coupons I wanted to use them...um 80 some dollars later I walked out.

On the plus side? I saved almost 28 dollars...but seriously...do not let me go into a bookstore people. I wasn't supposed to go until I finished Writo de Mayo.

Oh image heavy below the cut...I wanted to share the covers with y'all.

So anyway, the books I got:


First the two [livejournal.com profile] emocezi  recc'ed to me:

Generation Kill by Evan Wright


Night Stalkers by Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov



And then I started wandering:

River Marked by Patricia Briggs


The Native Star by M.K. Hobson


Green-Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells (this is book 3 of a series--I have the other two and have almost finished them)


Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton (this was my steal--it was on the bargain rack for 2.99)


Write Starts by Hal Zina Bennett


Plot vs Character by Jeff Gerke



*sighs* And now I need to go get dressed and go shopping again since I didn't get everything done yesterday.
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[identity profile] emocezi.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Best typo ever.

*giggles*

[identity profile] shanachie-quill.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
AUUUGH I didn't even notice! *face palm*
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[personal profile] swingandswirl 2011-05-08 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
/petpet/

It happens to the best of us, sweetie...

[identity profile] shanachie-quill.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I know...I continue to be glad I didn't say what popped into my brain about the canollis the other day...I don't think my mother or my grandmother would have ever forgiven me.
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[personal profile] swingandswirl 2011-05-08 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see you that and raise you me bringing up the fact that 'preservatif' in French doesn't mean preservatives, it means condoms. At my freaking grad school interview.

I think they admitted me on the basis of sheer chutzpah...

[identity profile] shanachie-quill.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
ROTFL I do believe they did...that's awesome! Were you just on a roll and didn't notice what you said?

I only bit my tongue because what popped into my head was "orgasming cocks" and my mother would have killed me. On. The. Spot.
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[personal profile] swingandswirl 2011-05-08 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
They asked me about potential problems that could crop up while translating, and my teacher had told me this just a couple weeks previous, so it popped out. My face once I realized what I'd said must have been a thing of beauty. Oh well, at least I got a laugh out of my interview board...

Oh dear. Yeah. I can't imagine that would have gone over well. And you have quite possibly permanently ruined cannoli for me...

[identity profile] shanachie-quill.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* I can see how that could have been an issue. Yes, yes I'm sure it was. And hey at least they had a sense of humor. I know people who wouldn't.

No it would not have gone over well at all...my mother has no sense of humor. I'm sorry *head ducks* I didn't mean to. I sowwy.
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[personal profile] swingandswirl 2011-05-08 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes indeed. I'm laughing about it now, but it wasn't so funny at the time. Still, it all worked out. Talk about the capstone to a truly crazy journey. /shakes head/ Remind me to tell you that story one of these days.

/pets/ Don't worry about it. I'm diabetic, so the fewer sweets I'm tempted by, the better... :D

[identity profile] shanachie-quill.livejournal.com 2011-05-09 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah I'm sure you weren't laughing about it at the time. It's things like that where you're like... O.O did I really just say that?

Aww that's not fun. I didn't realize that or didn't know that. My momo is also and one of my good friends. It makes life tough at times.
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