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Commonplace-book. Formerly Book of Common Places. orig. A book in which 'commonplaces' or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. First usage recorded: 1578. - OED

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choice of skin
commonplaces
gregarious impala
lids, jars, lydonthejar
sarahlouiselovesart
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Dorothy Sayers
G. K. Chesterton
John Milton
William Shakespeare
13 October 09

Reading:

  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King
  • The Anthologist, Nicholson Baker
  • Any Which Wall, Laurel Snyder
  • Mathematics in a Postmodern Age, edited by Howell & Bradley
  • The Slippery Slope, Lemony Snicket, audiobook performed by Tim Curry
Tags: books
16 June 09

Books I Took With Me to Paris:

  • The Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron (bought this at the airport)
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (bought this at the airport too - sad, but good, and set in a Paris hotel which seemed quite fitting)
  • The Library Card, Jerry Spinelli
  • Each Little Bird that Sings, Deborah Wiles
  • The Neddiad, Daniel Pinkwater (mostly read this waiting in lines at Paris Disney)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (really, really excellent - best of the bunch)
  • Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones
  • Rick Steves' Paris, Rick Steves (carried this EVERYWHERE)
Tags: books
Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh