tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post5039583775873366104..comments2024-02-26T06:41:20.717-05:00Comments on Goth Gardening ^o^: ...a book to read with the lights on and its engaging author...Goth Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14304287944330634582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post-28532520736772821012016-07-10T03:13:20.915-04:002016-07-10T03:13:20.915-04:00£35 for shipping from Whitby?! Seriously? That'...£35 for shipping from Whitby?! Seriously? That's extortion...<br /><br />I live about 90 minutes from Whitby. Next time I go tell me what you want! <br /><br />You can get some seriously lovely jewellery there. My husband tends to be frogmarched into Hammonds on arrival. They make the pieces on the premises, but also restore vintage pieces (which cost an am and a leg to buy). It's amazing to walk the little cobbled streets peering in all the shop windows at the jet and amber. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post-39918801126703082192016-07-08T08:59:21.732-04:002016-07-08T08:59:21.732-04:00I feel you. I fought against getting a Kindle for ...I feel you. I fought against getting a Kindle for a while but it is convenient. The Post Office doesn't want anyone to have international friends :p I recently paid £35 for shipping for a necklace from Whitby...ouch! I cannot imagine the price of sending books that are heavier. <br /><br />I have a very old edition of a Poe series from the turn of the century. They're to be looked at not read because of their condition but I have all of my Poe texts from my childhood; and, considering I live in the town he called home, they were quite easy to come by. Goth Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304287944330634582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post-81459240512771326862016-07-08T03:33:35.599-04:002016-07-08T03:33:35.599-04:00Sounds like a great guy and a great book. I've...Sounds like a great guy and a great book. I've just checked out UK publication - we have the same translation as the USA. Unfortunately I've missed his UK tour. Have added to my wish list to buy on my next physical book order as it sounds right up my street. <br /><br />I also have a Kindle that I use under protest! There are some books I just can't get hold of for a reasonable price in physical format - I really wanted to read Caitlin Doughty's Tales from the Crematorium. It cost a small fortune to import from the USA so I was more than happy when she released a Kindle only UK download. <br /><br />Books that need to be touched...I have so many of them! Alice in Wonderland should be in physical form, the Hobbit, my Poe collection could put out windows - it's a great big brick of a book that I could have downloaded to Kindle for free, but preferred to own a great black tombstone of a book. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post-78437362804293305432016-07-07T21:11:20.905-04:002016-07-07T21:11:20.905-04:00Wow, He'll Tunnel sounds amazing and terrifyin...Wow, He'll Tunnel sounds amazing and terrifying! <br /><br />Really interesting to hear about translating books! I don't think they usually change so much!<br /><br />I'm so behind I planned to finish my first book before I was 20 and I'm nearly 30 now! Still my writing has improved!Laura Morriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402692693911867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post-26258448439345815862016-07-07T18:39:50.207-04:002016-07-07T18:39:50.207-04:00RL,
Thank you. I appreciate your kind words.
I h...RL,<br />Thank you. I appreciate your kind words. <br /><br />I have a Kindle too since I'm a commuter and have the tendency to pack my bag way too heavy. I tend to have multiple copies of books as a professor. I keep copies at home, copies at work, and then there's always an e-copy. I agree with you; there are just some books that need to be touched and I think HEX will be one of them. It's interesting. My husband recently bought a new copy of Dune, one of his favorite books. His original copy is a bit too loved and he doesn't want it to fall apart. So he buys a new copy and the font is different. It's really changing the way he is experiencing the text. I find that fascinating but then my copy of Dracula is a Norton Critical Edition from which I teach. There are wine, wax, and goodness knows what other stains in that copy. It is taped together in parts and highlighted from various readings. I know which part I'm coming to based on the markings. There's comfort in that. <br /><br />If you can, try to go see Thomas on his book tour. Aside from being a talented writer and storyteller, he's just so charming and, dare I say, *nice*. :D Goth Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304287944330634582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318046134864811272.post-62330886065909546922016-07-07T17:23:50.978-04:002016-07-07T17:23:50.978-04:00I just ordered this book from Amazon based on your...I just ordered this book from Amazon based on your post about it and I'm so excited for it to arrive. My husband bought me a Kindle for Christmas last year, which I wasn't too excited about because I prefer to hold a book in my hands. There just something about the whole experience of a book. I've read many books on my Kindle and I've grown to love it but this book, Hex, had to be read in book form so that when finished it can take it's place on my shelves with the likes of Stoker's Dracula, Shelley's Frankenstein, the complete works of Poe and so many others. Love your blog by the way! RLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com