tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993856781648960747.post1764658747362114461..comments2023-08-23T08:33:41.219-07:00Comments on Catholic Bibliophagist: What Was She Thinking?Catholic Bibliophagisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697706672495544901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993856781648960747.post-47020171512592343862007-12-07T06:53:00.000-08:002007-12-07T06:53:00.000-08:00+JMJ+It's an acrostic for used bookstore. =P+JMJ+<BR/><BR/>It's an acrostic for used bookstore. =PEnbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993856781648960747.post-71866784450789376492007-12-05T08:13:00.000-08:002007-12-05T08:13:00.000-08:00Not sure what a USB is. Something regional?Not sure what a USB is. Something regional?Catholic Bibliophagisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697706672495544901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993856781648960747.post-84789896043268304782007-12-05T05:28:00.000-08:002007-12-05T05:28:00.000-08:00+JMJ+When I read that quote, I suddenly thought of...+JMJ+<BR/><BR/>When I read that quote, I suddenly thought of used books as the gypsies of the biblio-universe. Unapologetically colourful, content to live on the fringes . . . I always thought that the supposedly abandoned books at the nearby USBs didn't look like the forlorn orphans they were supposed to be--like the Lost Boys in J.M. Barrie's <I>Peter Pan</I>. =P<BR/><BR/>I very much prefer the "tamer" brand new books at the chain stores--though I have the feeling that if my personal library were ever let loose on the world, only about half of my books would want new owners like me. The rest would enjoy a bohemian existence in a USB.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com