tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476876021140058342024-03-13T04:40:56.340-06:00Off The Shelffrom the pages of Boulder Book StoreBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.comBlogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-11523540220654248172014-08-13T12:11:00.000-06:002014-08-13T12:11:06.007-06:00Judging Books By Their Covers: School BooksSince it is nearing fall, which means I, like many others, am going back to school. As a final hoorah, I am going to judge school required reading from our class orders shelves.<br />
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<i>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime</i> by Mark Haddon</div>
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At first, when you look at the orange cover, it only shows a silhouette of a dog upside down. This makes me think the dog died, because that happens with tarantulas/spiders/and such. I open the little cover to the quotes (which I did not read) it showed a car. So the curious incident is the dog dying because it was hit by a car. I think the story is the main character (maybe a boy) decides to find out who did it and seek Clint-Eastwood-inspired revenge against the person who killed his dog.</div>
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Actual plot: Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor's dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favorite (logical) detective, Sherlock Holmes.</div>
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Was I close? I actually was! But how was I supposed to get "great with numbers" from that cover? And I also missed the fact it was actually the neighbor's dog. I'll give myself a 90%, which I consider a victory.</div>
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<i>The House on Mango Street</i> by Sandra Cisneros</div>
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If I wanted to be cheeky/flippant I'd say in a dramatic tone with numerous pauses for dramatic effect: "This is about... a house... on Mango Street." But since this is my last week, I'll put in more effort than that. There's a woman in the window, and she's probably the focus. In a wild guess, I'd have to say this is about a woman who owns a boarding house and lets in numerous people that help shape the way she sees the world.</div>
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Actual plot: Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.</div>
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Was I close? Not. At. All. I am a failure. 2%, because I completely missed the idea of this book haha. I laugh, but it's to cover up my pain.</div>
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<i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i> by Oscar Wilde</div>
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In this cover, it's a painting of a guy in a fancy hat (<a href="http://boulderbookstore.blogspot.com/2014/08/judging-books-by-their-covers-part-4.html" target="_blank">yay fancy hats!</a>) being surrounded by people. He seems like a charismatic guy, and the art style and clothing in the painting tells me it's set in the 1800s. I saw some other covers as well along with the movie cover, and they included a woman. Plus, rumor has it that it's a romantic comedy. So I want to guess this is a comedy about a guy named Ernest who is "in need of a wife." And more fancy hats.</div>
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Actual Plot: Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest s undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!</div>
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Was I close? I respond with a resounding "Ehhh maybe". I didn't get any of the romantic entanglements, but I think I got the gist. And the gist is worth a solid 70.5%. It's about courting and suiting and deceit, but none of that showed in the cover IMHO. </div>
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So this is my last post of the summer! Sadness. Thank you for reading through these year through year, I greatly appreciate it. I will try to post more this year, but it's my senior year. *gasp of simultaneous sadness and happiness*</div>
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Farewell for now!</div>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-65255933342952499742014-08-07T10:45:00.000-06:002014-08-07T10:45:16.755-06:00Judging Books By Their Covers: Part 4Hello, welcome back to the fourth installment of "Judging Books By Their Covers." This time, we're delving deep into the world of romance. Wish me luck!<br />
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<i>The Summer House</i> by Santa Montefiore</div>
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The cover features a woman wearing a fancy straw hat and fancy shirt, implying this is a romance between rich people. Especially since many rich people have summer houses, which is the title. One of the blurbs says it's a romance, so I'm going to say it's an affair, whether actual or emotional, between two rich people in a place like the Hampton's filled with romance and deceit and more fancy hats and a really pretty house.</div>
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Actually About: When Lord Frampton dies in a skiing accident, a beautiful young woman named Phaedra appears at his funeral—claiming to be the Lord’s illegitimate daughter. In his will, Lord Frampton has left the priceless Frampton suite of sapphires to this interloper, confirming her claim and outraging his three adult sons and widow. Eventually, however, Phaedra’s sweet nature thaws the frosty relationships. She becomes the daughter that Antoinette Frampton never had and a wise and compassionate granddaughter to the formidable Dowager Lady Frampton. But an attraction grows between Phaedra and the eldest son, David. It seems an impossible love—blocked by their blood connection and by the fury of one family member who is determined to expose Phaedra as a fraud.</div>
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Was I close: Kind of. I got the affair and deceit part, but in a different situation. But the people having the affair (or at least sexual tension) are potentially related. Which is gross. And the deceit is whether or not Phaedra is lying about being related to the Lord. I give myself 85%, since I got the major things. (And how was I supposed to guess a relationship between maybe half-siblings? My mind doesn't go to that place.)</div>
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<i>Sight Reading</i> by Daphne Kalotay</div>
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The cover is of a woman wearing a red rain jacket holding a instrument case that I'm going to say houses a violin. The title <i>Sight Reading</i> is definitely a music term I've heard before, but I have forgotten what it means. I think it has something to do with how you read the music, but more spontaneously. But don't hold me to that. My formal guess is this is about a classically-trained musician woman who falls for some reckless boy who teaches her how to let loose and have fun.</div>
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Was I close?: Sorta. It is about violinists, but instead of letting loose and having fun, it's a love triangle like situation where two old friends meet after a while but one is married to the other's old crush. Being kind, I'll give myself a 55.9%. But I'm giving myself a 2% bonus since I remembered the fact "sight reading" is a music term. 57.9%!</div>
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The cover has a man and a woman, hand in hand, running on top of old-fashioned pedestals. Plus, it has these accents of boxes that remind me of a Greek Mythology book I read when I was younger, so I'm going to say this is set in Greece. Given the title, I'm going to guess that it's about a couple going on an adventure of hilarious and crazy proportions on the honeymoon in Greece.</div>
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Actual plot: Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroad—not a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action. No dates, no moving in together, they’ll just get married . . . right now. Her sister, Fliss, thinks Lottie is making a terrible mistake, and will do anything to stop her. But Lottie is determined to say “I do,” for better, or for worse.</div>
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Was I close?: Again, I was close enough and got the basic plot. It does feature a wacky marriage in Greece, but in a different context. The context being a girl obsessed with getting married so she marries an old flame instead, with wacky consequences. I hereby give myself 80%. Yay!</div>
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Wow, I'm surprised I did so well. As we can recall, I usually fall flat on my face with at least one of these. But all these were above 50%. Victory!</div>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-71965504016372732492014-07-30T13:01:00.003-06:002014-07-30T13:01:53.897-06:00Judging Books By Their Covers: Part 3I AM BACK WITH PART THREE!<br />
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Are you excited?<br />
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I'm excited.<br />
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<i>The Fortune Hunter</i> by Daisy Goodwin</div>
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I'd like to start with the fact that the shiny star-things on the cover distracted me for longer than I'd like to admit. </div>
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This cover gives me the impression the book is about an impeccably dressed lady during Victorian England, or early 1900s America. She has a cool hat on, which means she's dapper. The title <i>The Fortune Hunter</i> tells me that she got to this state of dapper-ness by inheriting money that wasn't hers in the first place. Maybe it's a murder mystery and she murders her family and/or various husbands to inherit their wealth, or maybe it's more romantic and it's a tale of her downfall with wealth and now plans to marry for love.</div>
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What it's actually about: Beautiful, athletic and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of Captain Bay Middleton, the only man in Europe who can outride her. Ten years younger than her and engaged to the rich and devoted Charlotte, Bay has everything to lose by falling for a woman who can never be his. But Bay and the Empress are as reckless as each other, and their mutual attraction is a force that cannot be denied.</div>
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Was I close?: Kinda but not really. This is more a passionate love affair about two rich women who go on a quest with a dashing, working class man that leads to a love triangle, not a serial marry-er who craves wealth. But I did guess the time period correctly! I give myself a dismal 30%. </div>
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The blurb quote on the cover tells me it's a thriller, but I would've guessed that because it has a silhouetted person surrounded by red and dark blue/black. Given the word "burn" in the title and the yellow/orange coming from the center of the cover, either a huge fire or (possibly) lava is happening and the protagonist must do something to stop it and it's very thrilling.</div>
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Was I close? Yes actually! It's a thriller about fire/lava that is technically referred to as the sun. I kind of missed more of the plot details, but this cover didn't reveal those to me as much. But it definitely looks like an interesting book! Might have to check it out ;) I'll give myself an 80% since I'm biased and I was close enough.</div>
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Again, judging by the nice hair and jewelry (<i>PEARLS</i>!), I'd say this book is about a rich person. Perhaps royalty from somewhere in Europe. It has snow on the cover, so I want to say Russia for some weird reason but that's not an official guess. I'm not sure what else I can discern from the cover, but I get a weird feeling it's a darker book, because the cover is gray-tinted with red letters and the title is THE AFTERMATH in large red capital letters. So the aftermath could be following some sort of tragedy, like death if it's darker or divorce if it's romantic. I'm going to lean towards death.</div>
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What it's actually about: 1946, post-World War II Hamburg. While thousands wander the rubble, lost and homeless, Colonel Lewis Morgan, charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the denazification of its defeated people, is stationed in a grand house on the River Elbe. He is awaiting the arrival of his wife, Rachael—still grieving for their eldest son—and their only surviving son, Edmund. But rather than force the owners of the house, a German widower and his rebellious daughter, out onto the streets, Lewis insists that the two families live together. In this charged atmosphere, both parents and children will be forced to confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal, to their deepest desires, their fiercest loyalties, and the transforming power of forgiveness. </div>
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Was I close? The rich lady is not the main character, so I was off there. But it does seem to be about a devastating aftermath in 1946 Hamburg, which is vaguely close to my kinda guess of Russia as the setting. But I totally misjudged the cover when guessing it's darker. This seems more dramatic rather than murderous. So I'll give myself a 60.3%.</div>
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I think I'm getting better at this, you guys. Root for me. And tell me what you think of my guesses in the comments!</div>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-72056864111766029992014-07-23T11:44:00.002-06:002014-07-23T11:44:30.598-06:00Judging Books By Their Covers: Part 2In this edition of "Judging Books By Their Covers," I am entering the world of non-contemporary teen fiction.<br />
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Without looking at the summaries, I tried to find books that looked otherworldly and guess what they're about.<br />
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Let's hope I don't fail as miserably <a href="http://boulderbookstore.blogspot.com/2014/07/judging-books-by-their-covers-part-1.html" target="_blank">as I did last time</a>.<br />
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<i>Avalon </i>by Mindee Arnett<br />
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The cover is black with futuristic silver letters, so I'm guessing this is fantasy/sci-fi. Also, there's a weird silvery, twisty thing on the cover that's pointing down at an adolescent male (wearing futuristic clothes,) so I'm guessing this isn't set in your average high school. To hazard an official guess, I'm going to say it's about a future/otherworldly teenage boy who has to fight a weird substance/race from destroying his planet.<br />
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The cover has two kissing people, so it's probably a romance. One person is made up of sunset clouds while the other is made up of nighttime stars, so I'm going to say it's probably a paranormal romance. I could take this cover literally, and say it's a re-imagined Greek myth about the God of the Sun and the Goddess of the Night falling in love and dealing with the fact they're fundamentally opposites or a Romeo and Juliet thing because they're star-crossed lovers. (Get it? Hahahaha) Or it could be metaphorical and they're just opposites in a weird paranormal setting.<br />
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Actual plot: Sol Le Coeur is a Smudge—a night dweller in an America rigidly divided between people who wake, live, and work during the hours of darkness and those known as Rays who live and work during daylight. Impulsive, passionate, and brave, Sol deliberately injures herself in order to gain admission to a hospital, where she plans to kidnap her newborn niece—a Ray—in order to bring the baby to visit her dying grandfather. By violating the day-night curfew, Sol is committing a serious crime, and when the kidnap attempt goes awry it starts a chain of events that will put Sol in mortal danger, uncover a government conspiracy to manipulate the Smudge population, and throw her together with D'Arcy Benoît, the Ray medical apprentice who first treats her, then helps her outrun the authorities—and with whom she is fated to fall impossibly and irrevocably in love.<br />
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The title makes me think of a book about a girl with body image issues coming to terms with herself, but the black and white cover throws me. There's a soaking wet girl emerging from a body of water with yellow crime scene tape crossing the book with the tagline "silence is meant to be broken." I'm doing two separate guesses. First guess, a Lonely Bones-like tale where a girl who's drowned comes back (paranormally?) to solve her own murder. Second guess, a weird ocean-dwelling science-created creature breaks out of her science lab prison to challenge human-set body stereotypes. (That one's me being flippant, but still a valid guess.)<br />
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Was I close?: Not at all. First off, the person who dies in the main girl's boyfriend, not the main girl. Second, it's a mystery, meaning it's not paranormal at all and I kinda failed on principle. For the first guess, I'll give myself a weak 15%. For the second guess, a weaker 1% with a margin of error plus/minus 1%.<br />
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What did these covers tell you? What do you think of my guesses? Leave your answers in the comments below!<br />
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Owyn the InternBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-51886731276138247402014-07-16T13:24:00.005-06:002014-07-22T11:34:57.297-06:00Predict Casting: Paper Towns<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">
Wow I haven't done one of these in a while! So, to welcome back this segment, I'm starting with <i>Paper Towns</i> by John Green!</div>
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Margo Roth Spiegelman- Ariel Winter. I think her kind of deadpan style is perfect for the Manic Pixie Dream Girl attitude that Margo embodies. Plus, she's my favorite on <i>Modern Family</i> and it'd be interesting to see her on the big screen.</div>
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<i>Other choices:</i> Hailee Steinfeld, Shailene Woodley (but this one would be too obvious.)</div>
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Ben Starling- Liam James (<a href="http://boulderbookstore.blogspot.com/2012/07/predict-casting-maximum-ride.html" target="_blank">sound familiar?</a>). I loved him in <i>The Way, Way Back</i> and it'd be totally cool to see him as this dorky dude who calls girls "honeybunnies" but ends up with the hot blonde girl. I think he'd bring the band geek awkwardness to the role, which is a necessity.</div>
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<i>Other choices</i>: Josh Hutcherson, Johnny Simmons. </div>
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"Radar"- Nadji Jeter. Radar always seemed like the comic relief to me ("IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT MY PARENTS OWN THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF BLACK SANTAS") so Jeter's comedy background (<i>Grown Ups</i>) would be very helpful in taking on this role.</div>
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<i>Other choices</i>: Christopher Massey, Chris O'Neal. </div>
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Lacey Pemberton: Chloe Grace Moretz. She seems to be in a lot of book-to-movie adaptations, so I might as well call it now. Moretz usually plays the more badass, sarcastic types (or the telekinetic, murderous type like in <i>Carrie</i>,) so I think it'd be interesting for her to play the more popular, almost-ditzy character of Lacey.</div>
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<i>Other choices</i>: Jennifer Stone, Bella Thorne. </div>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-7910490734795139162014-07-08T12:53:00.002-06:002014-07-08T12:53:32.274-06:00Judging Books By Their Covers: Part 1You've probably been told at least once in your life "never judge a book by its cover" and you probably learned a great lesson in friendship.<br />
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But... what if you <i>could</i> judge a book by its cover? What if <i>I</i> possess the ability to guess the summary of a book just by looking at the cover?<br />
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Or I could horrendously fail and we could all have a laugh.<br />
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So, every week, I'm going to take 4 books from the recommended shelves that I do not know the plots of and guess what they could be about based on their covers.<br />
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<i>Daughters of Mars</i> by Thomas Keneally<br />
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If I take this title literally, this book could be about female martians. But with there being water and murky skies on the cover, I'm going to guess it's figurative and it's set on Earth. Perhaps these women are in a secret society of badasses like the Daughters of the American Revolution except with a focus on science and space.<br />
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Actually about: In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father’s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first near Gallipoli, then on the Western Front.<br />
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Was I close? Nope. Not really at all. I'll give myself 10% to be kind.<br />
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<i>The Silkworm</i> by Robert Galbraith<br />
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There's a man silhouetted in a red alleyway, and I'm guessing this means that this is a murder story because red means danger and blood. But is a silkworm being murdered? Is a silkworm symbolic of a clothes-maker or designer? Is the silhouette man this "Cormoran Strike?" (By the way, not a fan of this name. Too obvious.) Or is it the silkworm man? Officially, I'd say it's about a detective solving the mystery of the murder of a prominent clothes designer.<br />
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Actually about: When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days--as he has done before--and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.<br />
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Was I close? I'd say 50% because I guessed it was a murder mystery, but the silkworm title threw me off and it's actually about a writer going missing then getting murdered. I think this Galbraith fellow threw me off on purpose ;)<br />
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<i>The Circle </i>by Dave Eggers<br />
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I'd assume this book, with its minimalist cover with a weird logo on it with swirlies inside the circle is about a secret society (I'm a fan of those, give me a break) revolving around this magnificent circle. I can't tell if it's a murder mystery and the people in this society are getting murdered and it's up to an ex-member gone rogue to solve it or if it's a tale of brotherhood and the feeling of belonging somewhere and some poor mid-life crisis guy is trying to get his life back together with his bros.<br />
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Actually about: When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in America—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public.<br />
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Was I close? Not really. If you replace "secret society" with "bizarre internet company" and "dude in mid-life crisis/rogue member" with "ambitious lady" then I kinda hit the nail on the head. But it is neither of the general ideas I had, it's more about business mystery rather than murder. I'll say 45%, because I'm off but close.<br />
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<i>Girlchild</i> by Tupelo Hassman<br />
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Just by the cover and title, I'd guess it's about a girl who lives in a trailer park. Letting my imagination run wild, I'd add that she has an alcoholic authority figure. If the girl is less than 15, I'd say she finds a new caring figure for herself somewhere like the library or school all while helping understand her identity. If the girl is older than 15, I'd guess she'd be smart and get good grades to try to escape her situation by getting a scholarship but she meets a cute/hot rich boy and <i>everything</i> changes.<br />
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Actually about: Rory Hendrix is the least likely of Girl Scouts. She hasn’t got a troop or even a badge to call her own. But she’s checked the Handbook out from the elementary school library so many times that her name fills all the lines on the card, and she pores over its surreal advice in the Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother, Jo, the sweet-faced, hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop. Rory’s been told she is “third generation in a line of apparent imbeciles, feeble-minded bastards surely on the road to whoredom.” But she’s determined to prove the County and her own family wrong. Brash, sassy, vulnerable, wise, and terrified, she struggles with her mother’s habit of trusting the wrong men, and the mixed blessing of being too smart for her own good.<br />
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Was I close? I'd actually say yes. I was right about a girl in a trailer park, with a bad influence mother (the mom apparently dates around, not drinks, but she's a bartender so it works) and she spends a lot of time at the library! I'm going to give myself a 79%.<br />
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I shouldn't quit my day job. What did you guys think of my judgments? Tell me in the comments below!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Owyn the InternBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-39329344356121199612014-07-02T12:45:00.001-06:002014-07-02T12:45:24.435-06:00Book vs. Movie: The Fault in Our StarsNOTE: I bet you guys have been waiting for this one, huh?<br />
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<i>The Fault in Our Star</i>'s movie adaptation came out a couple of weeks ago, and I think you guys have had plenty of time to read the book and see the movie. So *SPOILERS AHEAD*<br />
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- Hazel's friend Kaitlyn is not in the movie</div>
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- Hazel and Augustus have different ages than in the book</div>
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- The last line of the book isn't the last line of the movie in one of the most ridiculous and infuriating moves I've ever seen. The whole "okay? okay." thing isn't THAT special and it's borderline cliche now. </div>
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- A <i>lot</i> of scenes and aspects are cut from the book</div>
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<li>Caroline Mathers (Augustus's ex-girlfriend) is not really mentioned in the movie</li>
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- Back to Caroline Mathers' role in the story: I think that adding in something more to add more depth to Gus's character would've been nice. I think his (admittedly terrible) relationship with her gave him more of a character back story than just "pretentious love interest that slowly reveals himself to be a sweetheart with cancer" because their story was interest. That being said, I'm glad that they didn't linger with Hazel's obsessive feelings over it, like Facebook-stalking Caroline after her death. </div>
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Another thing that angers me is the fact that they cut out a lot of things with Gus's cancer, like the bed wetting and more moments of weakness like the vomiting and the general terribleness. And if they did mention it, it was verbally, not visually. It seemed like Josh Boone (the director) wanted to make this movie as friendly as possible in order for it to do better in the box office because Hazel's dramatic-but-not-gross cancer was heavily featured but Gus's "gross" cancer was hardly touched on. It just irritates me because John Green and the press and the people involved in the movie kept saying how true they kept it true to the book was just not <i>that </i>true. </div>
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The book. Obviously. But, even though I have my complaints, it was probably one of the truer movie adaptations of a book I've seen. They just cut out things for time: <span style="background-color: white;">not change things around like people have done before in other adaptations I've seen (1995 <i>Scarlet Letter</i> and <i>My Sister's Keeper</i> come to mind.) Overall, the movie is pretty true to the book. Plus, they added some great dialogue to the car-egging scene, which has my seal of approval because it was the perfect place for comedy. </span><br />
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What are your thoughts? Leave them in the comments down below!<br />
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P.S. I got to see a special screening of <i>TFIOS</i> and I tell the<a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2014/05/i-went-to-tfios-pre-showing.html" target="_blank"> awesome story here</a>!Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-25494673298459470792014-06-25T12:38:00.002-06:002014-06-25T12:38:49.899-06:00Plot Wars: Guitar Notes vs. Hung UpNOTE: I'm back! And this is a comparison between two YA books with similar plots.<br />
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The books I am comparing are Kristen Tracey's <i>Hung Up</i> and Mary Amato's <i>Guitar Notes</i>.<br />
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<li><i>Guitar Notes </i>is the tale of Tripp (a loner guitarist) and Lyla (a fancy cellist) who leave notes for each other in a practice room and form an easy (yet forbidden because they don't run in the same circles) friendship.</li>
<li><i>Hung Up</i> is told only through the phone calls and messages between Lucy and James after Lucy calls James' number. It details how they get closer and closer, but for some reason, Lucy is reluctant to meet. (A/N: it's NOT because he's like a stranger on the phone or anything.)</li>
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<li>They both have epistolary elements</li>
<li>The main characters are a male and female duo.</li>
<li>They both have some pretty good dialogue</li>
<li>This is mean but true: They both have plots that involve nothing but fluff for the first 3/4ths of the book and then in the last 30 or so pages BAM drama appears out of nowhere that has bare minimum to do with anything other than to give the book a semblance of plot.</li>
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<li>Their methods of communicating are different. <i>GN</i> had notes, <i>HU</i> had phone calls.</li>
<li><i>Guitar Notes</i> wasn't limited to epistolary</li>
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<li><i>Hung Up</i>'s cover angers me</li>
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<li>The catalysts were different (<i>HU</i> was Lucy's big secret and <i>GN</i> was Lyla gets in a car accident)</li>
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To be honest, it's all a matter of opinion. While both endings came out of left field, <i>Guitar Notes</i>' didn't piss me off as much as <i>Hung Up</i>'s did. Lucy ended up being a liar and her back story was so completely ridiculous that when I got to that part, I almost threw my book at the wall. While <i>GN</i>'s was kind of random and just added in to give it a plot, it was an overall better book. Read that one instead.</div>
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P.S: Check out <a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my blog</a> for more of my reviews!</div>
Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-32791296656966739362013-10-10T11:25:00.003-06:002013-10-13T12:10:32.234-06:00Book ExpectationsNOTE: This may or may not be a rant, the intern hasn't decided yet. But there are slight spoilers. ** I am not suggesting that <i>every</i> book has a formula. I'm just saying that I want a happy ending.<br />
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So picture this:<br />
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You read the back/inside flap of a book, and you either intentionally or unintentionally develop this idea of how the book should go.<br />
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When you read a romance, the main girl ends up with the guy that either makes the most sense or the guy that makes the least sense in the best way.<br />
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Or when you read a mystery, the murderer/criminal gets caught and the detective/cop gets the satisfaction of catching him/her.<br />
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Then there are those books that <i>don't do that</i>. And it's just like:<br />
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I respect an author's decision to do what they want but at the same time there is a formula (or a similar word) that you must follow.<br />
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For example, don't have a huge cliffhanger at the end of a book if you're not planning a sequel. And, yes this is a fictional reference but Augustus Waters will understand, but <i>An Imperial Affliction</i>. Anyone who has read <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i> gets that reference.<br />
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And this is probably just one of those "things that only I think are a thing" but I really hate it when, in some of the YA lit that I've read, the main girl decides to "find herself and learn to love herself as a person yadda yadda" instead of being in a relationship with the boy.<br />
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This is totally fine in real life. In fact, I highly suggest it. But I'm talking about enjoyable, light fiction. I did not read your romantic teen lit for you to go on a journey of self-discovery. If I did, I would've read a different book that told me this up front. And I definitely don't appreciate it when a book gives me this whole idea about how it's supposed to go and then it <i>doesn't go that way and goes in a totally bad way</i>.<br />
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And I'm not talking about plot twists. I'm talking about when books just completely veer off the point. Maybe I interpreted the first 30 pages differently or incorrectly, but I thought this was a teen book not a philosophical pondering.<br />
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One of my popular examples of this are two books by Robin Palmer: <a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/11/robin-palmer-review-3-books.html" target="_blank"><i>Geek Charming </i>and <i>Wicked Jealous</i></a>. In <i>Geek Charming</i>, the geek boy and the popular girl do not get together. She dates a random college guy and he dates some girl from his childhood. I found that really disappointing because I really liked the idea of Dylan and Josh being a couple but then NO.<br />
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But in <i>Wicked Jealous</i>, the main girl Simone spends the book pining for this popular jock who's a Belieber but she ends up getting close to this adorkable, shy puppeteer and then SHE GOES OUT WITH THE PUPPETEER, I WAS FILLED WITH SO MUCH ENJOYMENT.<br />
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My point with this (all the way down here) is that there's a certain agreement writers have with readers. They want to see the couple get together. They want to see the bad guy get caught. They want to see the hero go on a huge adventure and live. <i>Give us that please</i>.<br />
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Leave your opinions down in the comments! I'd love to read them!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Owyn the BBS PageBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-14933341278890844002013-09-10T13:08:00.001-06:002013-10-10T10:46:42.958-06:00Books versus Movies In GeneralNOTE: Since I've said in multiple blog posts on here that I actually do enjoy some movies more than the books, let me just explain this is because most of the time I read the books <i>second </i>for those instances. But I will get to this.<br />
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So, since Hollywood seems to have an issue with developing some original ideas, people are seeing more and more book-to-movie adaptations in theaters. Especially with the success of such franchises like <i>Harry Potter,</i> <i>The Hunger Games</i> and <i>Twilight</i> (say what you will about the series, it still did really well in both book sales and at the box office).<br />
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And there are some pros to this! More and more people can discover the book after seeing the movie trailers and all that kind of buzz. And, if you're an avid reader like me, you have this hope that the<br />
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Unfortunately, the movie is almost never as good as the book.<br />
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<i>But that's not necessarily the movie's fault</i>.<br />
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Let me explain.<br />
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I mean, typically, when I hear people complain about books' movies they say stuff like "Well it's not how <i>I </i>imagined it..." "When I envisioned this scene..." "If <i>I </i>directed the movie..."<br />
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I mean, in the end it's how someone else interprets the words and puts them on screen. It's not like they can enter everyone's imaginations and then see how the book should be done with all of those preferences. That would be tiresome and unlikely.<br />
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So, that's why the movies are never better than the books: because it's someone else's imagination projected onto yours and it will always disappoint you.<br />
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On the other hand, it could also be the movie's fault.<br />
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Sometimes, books aren't meant to be adapted for screen: they don't have that kind of caliber, they're better in the imagination, etc. Which is okay, but it's kind of annoying that the big-wig movie producers out there in Hollywood-land want to squeeze EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR out of the franchise. Which is <i>not okay</i>.<br />
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Or they're just adapted poorly. The person who directed it was terrible at it, the person who wrote the adaptation didn't know what they were doing or one of the lead actors had never read the books and are doing it for the money. And that kind of stuff makes me sad because when you are graced with the opportunity to adapt a book into film form THEN YOU SHOULD DO A GOOD JOB BECAUSE A GOOD BOOK DESERVES TO BE A GOOD MOVIE.<br />
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Especially since it seems the movies are geared towards those who have not read the book because they want to get a wider audience. You shouldn't do it for the audience you don't have, you should do it for the audience you <i>do</i>.<br />
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Those are my thoughts. You can comment down below with yours!<br />
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Hasta la vista!<br />
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Owyn the InternBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-29699193829449974972013-08-12T13:07:00.000-06:002013-08-12T13:07:05.462-06:00Banning Books: Why it's StupidHello everyone! I was browsing my <a href="http://pinterest.com/boulderbooks/boards/" target="_blank">Pinterest </a>(which you should check out because I think I'm funny) when I saw a list of 25 banned books. One of them happened to be <i>Alice in Wonderland,</i> which was banned in China because the "animals are scary".<br />
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NO.<br />
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JUST. NO.<br />
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There are so many things wrong with that, I don't even know where to start. Maybe how the animals aren't even that scary. Or the fact that just because SOME people are freaked out, doesn't mean you ruin it for everyone else.<br />
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Which brings me to my main problem with Banned books: <i>you're stopping everyone from reading something just because a percentage (can be small, can be big) are too appalled by it.</i><br />
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Mark Twain (the best quote-person ever) once said "Censorship is telling a man he can't have steak just because a baby can't chew it".<br />
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Banning books just seems like something so simple to stop. Why are you denying people their natural right to read what they want?<br />
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If I want to read <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> (I don't) at 16-years-old, I will. If I want to read <i>Are You There God, It's Me Margaret?</i> at age 8 (and I did), I will. If a teacher wants to assign me to read <i>Speak</i> (a book about a girl who is raped) because of its fantastic message to speak up for yourself, then they <i>should</i>.<br />
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If it comes to people in school and of school-age, you can't protect us forever. Especially since we have the internet. I'm going to learn about sex, pregnancy, STDs, and other adult-stuff in the world. People who ban books are also banning open conversations that parents should be having with their teenagers. I'm fortunate enough to feel like I could talk to my parents about everything. And I get a lot of my questions from reading books that could be seen as "risque" (by which I mean YA books featuring off-the-page sex).<br />
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But if it comes to books of any age that happen to feature any other kind of risque material (sex, homosexuality, politics that aren't in agreement with the government, etc.), then I'm just like WHY?<br />
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What is so wrong with that stuff? If you really don't like that stuff or reading about it, then <i>don't read it</i>. Why stop other people from reading it? So what if I want to read a children's book about a same-sex family? Erie, Illinois should not be able to stop me.<br />
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And, even then, there can be some stuff about the book that is appalling to read. I read one on the Pinterest list that was banned in Germany because the author is Pro-Nazi. While being a Nazi is DEFINITELY not okay, books should still not be banned. Just don't read it and then, hopefully, the book will go out of print so you're not supporting a Nazi.<br />
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But yes, those are my thoughts. Tell me what you think in the comments here or on Facebook!<br />
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<a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Owyn</a>Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-82886172654644199742013-08-07T14:57:00.000-06:002013-08-07T14:57:19.114-06:00Required Reading: Pros and ConsNOTE: I really like pro and con lists.<br />
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The topic for this weeks Pros and Cons is <i>required reading</i>.<br />
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As a junior in high school who's been assigned to read books since seventh grade, I've been forced to read my fair share of books. I have a lot to say about the subject.<br />
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<b>Pros:</b><br />
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If I'm being honest, there are some pros to required reading. Like the fact that you may not have read a book without being forced to and then enjoy them. For example, I finished reading <i><a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-glass-castle.html" target="_blank">The Glass Castle</a></i> as part of my summer reading and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though I never thought I would. Reading beyond your comfort zone can be very healthy, and while challenging, rewarding. I absolutely enjoy hearing someone say "I probably wouldn't have read this unless you pushed me, but I liked this book." (Which my friend said about one of the books we had to read for LA, <i>A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich</i>) And when I read <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> back in 7th grade, I enjoyed it.<br />
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But, with <i>TKaM</i>, I would've read it anyway because my mom loves that book and she would've made me at one time or another. My English teacher helped a lot with understanding the book; stuff I would not have gotten without him. Like, in my naivete, I thought the "black balcony" was referring to the color of said balcony, not the people who had to sit there. Or when Bob Ewell said "... rutting on my Mayella!" I had no idea what that term meant, and my teacher said it gave a horrible connotation to what "Tom was 'doing' to Mayella", as a part of ethos to get the jury on Bob's side.<br />
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As a very stubborn teenager, I don't like to be forced to do anything. I know this. So that's one of the many reasons I don't like required reading. Why should I have to read books I don't want to?<br />
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I know that you're really supposed to <i>delve in</i> when you have to read books for school, and normally I read through a book once to understand the plot then read it again to get a better understanding of everything. Unfortunately, most of the books I read for school are ones that I NEVER WANT TO READ EVER. (Like <i>Great Expectations, The Odyssey, </i>or<i> Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich</i>.) So I usually end up "reading", term applied loosely, a book I hate instead of reading books I actually enjoy (like the ones I can post blog posts for). Because if I read a book I want to read instead of a book I <i>have</i> to read then I just completely forget about said book.<br />
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Speaking on behalf of a percentage of teenagers, required reading totally turns us off to reading in general. I mean, why can't I just read books I <i>want </i>to instead of the ones a bunch of 40-50 year old people who know nothing about me think I <i>should </i>read. I mean, maybe I DON'T want to read a very depressing play about teenagers deciding they're randomly in love and 6 people end up dying (AKA <i>Romeo & Juliet</i>). HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES?<br />
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I think required reading should be a thing, because sometimes it works (like 10% of the time) but if a student reads 1/4 (or some other agreeable fraction) of the story and genuinely doesn't want to read anymore, but for a reason other than laziness, they should be able to have some sort of alternative project for a book they want to read.<br />
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For example, my L.A. teacher made us do blog posts about a book every 70 pages and talk about it (which was right up my alley) and then graded us on whether we did it or not. You see, <i>that's</i> a good idea. Then I'm not reading a horribly depressing book about a sexist, misogynistic society invaded by white people (<i>Things Fall Apart</i>) and instead I'm reading YA lit that I truly enjoy.<br />
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Because at my school, I get weird looks for reading. (I talk about it <a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-problems-of-teen-reader.html" target="_blank">here on my blog</a>). And I'd say a majority of people there don't read for leisure. And required reading is certainly not helping. So instead of trying to get kids to read books that teachers and adults think they should read, they should try to GET KIDS TO READ IN GENERAL BECAUSE LESS AND LESS KIDS ARE READING AND IT MAKES ME WEEP FOR HUMANITY.<br />
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I told you guys I had a lot to say about this.<br />
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What are your opinions? Leave them down in the comments!<br />
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Adios!<br />
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Owyn the BBS PageBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-2360303754177468592013-07-31T14:03:00.001-06:002013-07-31T14:03:20.989-06:00New Adult: Pros and ConsHello everyone, it's the Intern! And I'm going to be discussing the pros and cons of the up and coming category "New Adult" named for people that are "new" to being "adults". <br />
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For those of you who don't know, New Adult is written for people 18-25ish since they are no longer adolescents but you could argue that they are not exactly adults either. It's like the purgatory between Young Adult and normal Fiction.<br />
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What sets NA apart from YA is the topics it covers. They contemplate leaving home for college, first <i>actual</i> jobs, roommates, sexuality, mature relationships, and discovering yourself without your parents to guide you.<br />
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And the sexuality part is probably the biggest difference. It's racier and could even be more explicit (not graphic, but not exactly fade-to-black-for-the-sexy-times either.) Which makes the category definitely more Adult than Young.<br />
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To get my opinion out of the way, I'm going to just say that I like the whole New Adult category. And I hope it continues to be a thing. But I will also go over the other side's equally valid view points.<br />
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<u>Cons</u>:<br />
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One could argue that it's just a marketing ploy to try to get an even WIDER audience and try to sell more books that are in such a purgatory. And they could also ask why are they in such a purgatory? Can't they be limited to either YA or just A? You may not even hate New Adult itself, just when people try to limit books to one category when they can go across the board if they want.<br />
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Or you could be offended by the SEX ASPECT!1!<br />
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Sex has no place in anything anywhere. The fact that authors can even imply people aged 18-25 could have DONE that is just DESPICABLE. (This is my sarcastic side coming out since I can't take these kind of arguments seriously).<br />
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I think that anything that engages more readers is a good thing. If you can appeal to a new audience, then what's the harm? I also think that there is a distinct difference between people in high school and people in college and post-college and I think many plots that one could apply to one cannot be applied to the other.<br />
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Also, people forget that YA wasn't really a thing until a couple decades ago. And I, for one, am particularly excited to be apart of this upcoming category. I think there are a lot of ways people could write for it and there is a great hope for more books in this genre to come.<br />
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And if the potential sex aspect bothers you, don't read it. That simple.<br />
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So yes. Hip-hip hooray for YA and NA!<br />
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If you guys have any opinions, feel free to comment them down below.<br />
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Bye!!<br />
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Owyn the BBS PageBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-28779093969247979092013-07-08T14:33:00.000-06:002013-07-08T14:33:35.200-06:00Vague EndingsHello everyone! I hope you had a lovely Fourth of July weekend.<br />
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And I decided to kick off this week with a blog post about books that have vague endings.<br />
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There are two ways to do this: satisfying or infuriating.<br />
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*AVAST HASHTAG YOLO SPOILERS*<br />
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The two books I'm going to compare for the sake of a visual are <i><a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/12/book-review-megan-meades-guide-to.html" target="_blank">Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys</a> </i>and <i><a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2013/03/language-arts-blog-posts-corner-of.html" target="_blank">The Corner of Bitter and Sweet</a></i>. The first being by Kate Brian and the latter being by Robin Palmer.<br />
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Brian's book is about a girl who moves into a house that is occupied by 7 boys because it was either that or move to Korea with her military parents. And there is drama, romance, and MOAR DRAMA. (Like the fact that one brother cheats with the other brother's girlfriend and that girlfriend tries to blame Megan when it wasn't Megan's fault.)<br />
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Palmer's book is about a girl named Annabelle who's mom, Janie, is an alcoholic TV star who decides to clean up her act and take better care of her daughter while Annabelle has been taking care of her most of the time. Also coupled with cute romantic moments between Janie and Billy then Annabelle and Matt.<br />
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You see, in Palmer's book the ending doesn't say anything finite. But there's this hopefulness to it. Two couples are brought together, there's a new precedence for how Annabelle and Janie are supposed to act together and it just gives you a nice "Aw there's nothing really set in stone but I feel satisfied with that ending thank you very much awesome author."<br />
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BUT THEN THERE'S BRIAN'S BOOK<br />
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WHO GAVE HER THE RIGHT?<br />
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I should probably explain my all caps rage. So in this book Megan has a slight crush on Evan but it's really more of an infatuation but then Megan starts to develop actual feelings for Finn and of course she does, Finn is amazing, but then things happen and then Megan leaves then she comes back and she has a moment with Finn and a slight one with Evan but BRIAN DOESN'T SAY WHO MEGAN ENDS UP WITH AND IT GIVES ME ISSUES.<br />
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Maybe some people are okay with not knowing but I am not. How. Dare. You. Brian.<br />
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So, personally, I prefer it if there's more of a happy-ending feel, because I didn't read your book to not get a happy ending. But I don't want an <i>actual</i> happy ending where every single string is tied and everything is all perky. I want realistic, but happy. So there could be a few loose ends, but at least have the couple together or the villain defeated or a hopeful outlook for that something to get fixed eventually. (Unless there's a sequel, then cover it in the sequel.)<br />
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But if the author just doesn't say something that seems vital to the denouement then I'm left feeling empty inside because HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR BRAIN.<br />
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That's just my opinion. Leave yours in the comments!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Owyn the InternBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-52560568485385713502013-07-01T14:34:00.000-06:002013-07-01T14:34:05.065-06:00Plot Wars: Distance Between Us vs. This is What Happy Looks LikeAnd the Intern is back with another Plot Wars for you all!<br />
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The two books butting heads today are <i>The Distance Between Us</i> by Kasie West and <i>This Is What Happy Looks Like</i> by Jennifer E. Smith.<br />
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<li><i>The Distance Between Us</i> is about a girl named Caymen who helps her poor mother run a porcelain doll shop that rich people frequent. Which is how she meets Xander, a rich boy who seems to understand her. But she knows from her mom's experience that the rich's interest doesn't last long, but that doesn't stop him from trying to get her attention.</li>
<li><i>This Is What Happy Looks Like</i> is about teenage hearthrob Graham accidentally sending normal, Maine girl Ellie an email, which leads to a period of emails where they talk about everything (except for their names or backgrounds). So when Graham's new movie is shooting in her hometown, Graham decides to meet her. Even though Ellie has a secret that requires her to stay out of the spotlight. Will these factors keep them apart?</li>
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<b>Similarities:</b></div>
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<li>A difference in social class between the love interests</li>
<li>A girl with a dad that is not involved in her life (SPOILERS: highlight to see: <span style="color: white;">the mom slept with a rich man and who then abandoned the mom during pregnancy</span> )</li>
<li>A girl with a poor, working mom</li>
<li>Both girls help their mom in a shop</li>
<li>A best friend who is highly opinionated about the main girl's life and the rich man's intentions</li>
<li>A group of similarly-minded people who think the love interests shouldn't be together/try to keep them apart</li>
<li>The girl has no siblings</li>
<li>The male lead has a problem with his parents</li>
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<b>Differences:</b></div>
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<li>Instead of being rich, Graham is famous (he's rich too, but that's not the defining factor)</li>
<li>There was more of a focus on the social-class differences with Caymen and Xander</li>
<li>Ellie's dad is a politician and Caymen's dad is just plain rich</li>
<li>Caymen's mom's shop is limited to dolls while Ellie's mom is a more general type of store</li>
<li>Some of Xander and Caymen's friends don't want him "slumming" with Caymen while it's the paparazzi make things difficult for Ellie and Graham</li>
<li>Ellie's not allowed to be in the spotlight because of her dad, and Caymen just doesn't want to deal with it</li>
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<b>WHO WINS???</b></div>
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I don't know! They were both really well-written. It really just depends. The dialogue with Caymen and Xander is really dry and sarcastic, which made <i>The Distance Between Us </i>hilarious. But at the same time <i>This Is What Happy Looks Like</i> had an epistolary beginning (which are my favorite) with a shift in limited-third-person point of view. So it really comes down to what you prefer. But I liked them both.</div>
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Until later, readers!</div>
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A/N: I also reviewed these on my personal YA book blog:</div>
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<a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2013/06/arc-review-distance-between-us.html" target="_blank">The Distance Between Us</a></div>
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<a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/2013/03/arc-review-this-is-what-happy-looks-like.html" target="_blank">This Is What Happy Looks Like</a> (WARNING the images don't work well and I don't know how to fix it. Sorry)</div>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-79066622050634626352013-06-24T12:16:00.000-06:002013-06-24T12:38:04.030-06:00Fanfiction: What Does it Mean for Society?Hello, everyone! Owyn is here to talk about FANFICTION.<br />
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Now, for some of you, that could be a really dirty word that you associate with "Porn" or "Plagiarism". And some of you wholeheartedly embrace the trend and perhaps even write some of your own. And then some of you either don't know or don't care.<br />
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My opinion is that Fanfiction is fun to read and write and that people shouldn't be attacked for doing something they enjoy.<br />
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That being said, I know where a lot of you are coming from.<br />
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Take <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> for example. If you haven't heard yet, E.L. James originally wrote this as a <i>Twilight </i>(smut) fanfic, and it grew a huge following. So James decided to have it published, with the names switched to avoid copyright.<br />
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Not all fanfiction and its authors are like that. (Like Cassandra Clare got her start writing fanfiction.) Some of can be fluffy ones that people write because they want something changed or expanded on from the original story. And there's nothing really wrong with that.<br />
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Most fanfiction authors aren't trying to pass the story off as their own. They just want to tweak it a bit, and there are a lot of reasons for that. Like their ship isn't canon. In layman's terms: there's a couple that they really wanted to get together but they didn't end up dating in the original story, like if you wanted Katniss and Gale to get together. It's basically when you really support a couple and them being together. Or maybe they want to tell the story with the same characters but in a totally alternate universe (for example, taking all the characters in <i>Harry Potter</i> and making them dogs.)<br />
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I was talking to Jorden from Shipping and Receiving about a book that featured fanfiction, and I compared it to: "Someone made a bunch of really unique dolls and told a story with them. And someone else really liked those dolls, so they decided to play with them as well, but told a completely different story." And, some people can take the story with totally different characters. Like, if you really liked <i>The Hunger Games</i> and you wanted to write a story about a bunch of people in a death arena, you could write a fanfic based on that series but with new, original characters.<br />
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Now, like books, some fanfiction stories can be really bad. Since they don't have editors (unless you have a bit of a following, then someone in the same fanbase could help you edit it), there are a lot more grammatical mistakes and plot holes than you would find in a published book.<br />
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Or they could just be poorly written. And that's okay, this could be part of their process for becoming better writers, because most fanfiction sites have the ability to let people review the stories, so authors get instant feedback. Everyone has to start somewhere.<br />
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If you would like to get into the fanfiction scene, then you can try <a href="http://fanfiction.net/" target="_blank">fanfiction.net</a> or <a href="http://tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>. (WARNING: There could be some dirty stories on there. On Fanfiction.net you can limit your story rating to K-> T, which stands for Kid-friendly through Teen. On Tumblr, if you use Google Chrome, you can "blacklist" it with Tumblr Savior so it never shows up in your feed. I recommend blacklisting "NSFW", which means "not safe for work" and "Smut", which is how fanfic writers refer to "sexy times").<br />
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But yes, that is my opinion on fanfiction. If you guys have varying opinions, feel free to talk to me in the comments below!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Owyn the InternBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-62771877729614867392013-06-17T13:02:00.000-06:002013-06-17T13:02:48.642-06:00Book vs. Movie: Warm BodiesAnd Book vs. Movie is BACK! *eep of excitement!*<br />
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So, last week I finally saw the movie <i>Warm Bodies</i> after reading the book back in January. And here are my thoughts from my brain that has yet to be eaten by a corpse.<br />
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*SPOILERS BEWARE AVERT YOUR EYES*<br />
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<i>Major Differences:</i> (thanks to <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Warm-Bodies-10-Big-Differences-Between-Book-Movie-35462.html" target="_blank">this blog</a> for help with the list!)<br />
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<li>M and Nora don't have a hopeful potential romance like in the book.</li>
<li>The movie's human city didn't take place in a sports stadium</li>
<li>They left out R's family in the movie version (which I was thankful for)</li>
<li>The loss of Julie's mother isn't as prominent</li>
<li>M became a comic relief character (which I did not mind)</li>
<li>In the movie, the last human R kills is Perry</li>
<li>While it ends on a similar note, the ending of the movie becomes only loosely based on the book's ending</li>
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<i>Me Being Stupid</i>: Do you ever not notice something about a book/movie but when someone points it out, it's like "Why didn't I see this before?" For me and this movie, it's the fact that <i>Warm Bodies</i> is a retelling of <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>. I don't know how I didn't see it before and I've been mentally kicking myself. There's R (Romeo), Julie (Juliet), M (Mercutio), Perry (Paris), and Nora (Nurse). It's obvious. </div>
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<i>Which Do I Pick?: </i>I think I liked the movie more, because I had a tough time getting into a zombie book but I liked the whole zombie flick. But the book was still good, well-written and funny. I just prefer the movie. </div>
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Tell me what you guys thought down in the comments!</div>
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Have a great day!</div>
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P.S. Nicholas Hoult is very attractive. That is all.</div>
Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-48436132914651799832013-06-07T18:18:00.000-06:002013-06-07T18:18:53.032-06:00OMG Fierce Reads Author LunchSalutations!<br />
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As one of the many perks of being an intern here, I got to accompany my bosses Stephanie and Liesl to a lunch on Pearl Street with the four authors from Fierce Reads: Leigh Bardugo (<i>Shadow and Bone</i>, <i>Siege and Storm</i>), Anna Banks (<i>Of Poseidon, Of Triton</i>), Jessica Brody (<i>My Life Undecided, Unremembered</i>) and Emmy Laybourne (<i>Monument 14</i>, <i>Monument 14: Sky on Fire</i>)<br />
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First of all, I read all the books for the event and it made it SO MUCH MORE FANTASMAGORICAL.<br />
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Since I have a horrible memory (even though this was just a couple hours ago), I decided to tell you some amazing things that I managed to remember:<br />
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Anna:<br />
- We somehow managed to try to get her fourth book title <i>of Testicle/Tentacles</i> and I hope she does name the book the latter and accidentally says the former.<br />
- She just threw in so many sassy, sarcastic comments throughout and it reminded me of her books.<br />
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Emmy:<br />
-She told this amazing story how she drove up skiing with her friends and they forgot to get a hotel so they went to this shady place instead. And then the spigot from the faucet in the kitchen was missing and it totally freaked her out.<br />
-She also made fun of me for scraping all the toppings on my pizza but I don't need her judgment ;)<br />
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Jessica:<br />
- She told us these awesome stories of how she used to work at Disney World and told us all the secrets. (We'd leak them here but no one wants a Disney lawsuit)<br />
- We also fangirled over <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>. That was amazing.<br />
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Leigh:<br />
- She just had these amazing stories and also threw in her witty quips that were fantastic.<br />
- My favorite story was when she was watching <i>The Titanic </i>and was sitting next to this man who kept mumbling throughout the movie. When it got to the part Kate Winslet took off her clothes, he said "MAGNIFICENT" and now whenever people mention the movie that's what she associates it with.<br />
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But yes, these people are so amazing and the books are SO GOOD. I recommend them highly.<br />
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Ta ta!<br />
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OwynBoulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-40714225725674018682013-06-07T12:00:00.000-06:002013-06-07T12:00:00.019-06:00Plot Wars: Prom and Prejudice vs. Epic FailHello everyone! The BBS Intern Owyn is BACK with a blogging vengeance!<br />
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So, for my first day, I decided to start a series of blog posts called Plot Wars, which will pit two books with similar plots against each other and one shall rise the victor!</div>
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The first two books are <i>Prom and Prejudice</i> by Elizabeth Eulberg and <i>Epic Fail</i> by Claire LaZebnik. </div>
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<b>The Set-Up:</b><br />
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<li><i>Prom and Prejudice</i> focuses on Lizzie Bennett, a piano-playing girl on scholarship at Longbourn Academy. Due to her constant bullying for being poor, she's developed a mistrust and distaste for rich people. And then she meets Will Darcy, a rich man with a mistrust and distaste for poor people. With the huge prom coming up, will they be able to give up their prides and prejudices?</li>
<li><i>Epic Fail</i> is about middle-class girl Elise Benton who moves to a new school with her principal-mom and four sisters. Derek Edwards is the son of two famous actors and is pretty much royalty around their school. Unfortunately, her sister falls for his best friend. Is there a way to refuse his amazing smile and embrace his known-enemy Webster Grant?</li>
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<b>Similarities</b>:</div>
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They are both modernizations of <i>Pride and Prejudice.</i><br />
<i>-</i>A brooding male lead<br />
-A romance between the friends of the male and female lead<br />
-A character who uses people to get wealth.<br />
-A wealth gap between the leads<br />
-A big event (Prom versus a Movie Premiere)<br />
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They both have a attention-seeking younger sibling character who falls whim to the guiles and charms of Wickham/Webster (that I despised.)<br />
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<b>Differences</b>:</div>
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Eulberg's is more obvious about the fact it's a retelling of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>. Same character names, same plot, just with some modern slang and euphemisms... Yo.</div>
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LaZebnik's uses fame instead of richness as the separating factor, making Derek Edwards the son of prominent actors and Elise the daughter of her prep school's principal.</div>
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Lizzie's character punches Wickham's character in Eulberg's version (YES BRING ON THE PAIN)</div>
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<b>WHO WINS???</b></div>
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I think <i>Prom and Prejudice</i> wins because Darcy was more likable than Derek and less annoyed-sigh-inducing, Lizzie punched Wick, and <i>Epic Fail</i> was too preachy when it came to the way Paparazzi treat celebrities. While I admit it must get annoying, I don't need to hear about how much it sucks. They get free things. No complaining. </div>
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If you want to read a modernization of Pride and Prejudice, then I'd recommend <i>Prom and Prejudice</i>.</div>
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Glad to be back!</div>
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P.S. Check me out on my personal blog <a href="http://thebookstoreinternchronicles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Bookstore Intern Chronicles</a>!</div>
Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-55367784008545715772012-12-03T16:25:00.001-07:002012-12-03T16:25:05.795-07:00Nice 'ta Meetcha Monday 12/03/12<h3 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #940f04; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0.25em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px 0px 4px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When did you start working at BBS?<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> I started working at the Boulder Book<span style="font-size: small;"> Store <span style="font-size: small;">on 5/2/05</span></span></b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">What is your role on the floor?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>My role on the<span style="font-size: small;"> floor is to the avoid the floor/customers at all costs! I am the Business Manager and Bookstore Mom.</span></b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I am origi<span style="font-size: small;">nally from Florida and my ex-husband's job brought us to the area.</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>My favorite thing about working here is all the employees. I truly do love my "kids" and I love how kind and wonderful they are to each other.</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The only unique/interesting thing I can think of about myself is that the best thing I ever did in my whole life is to adopt my son, Scott. He is 1<span style="font-size: small;">9-years-old now and has worked summers here for about three years now and many of the staff know <span style="font-size: small;">him.</span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></li>
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Tracy -- </h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> I started in <span style="font-size: small;">Summer of 2009 right <span style="font-size: small;">around the time I turned 30-years<span style="font-size: small;">-old.</span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is your role on the floor?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I've done almost every job available at BBS. I started as a bookseller, moved to shipping and receiving<span style="font-size: small;">, then spent a year <span style="font-size: small;">as the Head Buyer's assistant. Now I am <span style="font-size: small;">Business manager/Bookstore Mom LuAnn's assistant in the business office. My days are spent counting the previous day's cash and paying our vendors. I'm an accounting nerd <span style="font-size: small;">so it's my favorite job by far.</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I grew up in Southern California where I learned to loath the sun. In<span style="font-size: small;"> 2003, I escaped to Portland where I met my partner Bryce, a mathematician<span style="font-size: small;">, who decided to go to graduate school at CU.</span></span></b></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>My all<span style="font-size: small;">-time favorite books are the <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781401225759" target="_blank"><i>Sandman</i></a> graphic novels by Neil <span style="font-size: small;">Gaiman. I judge book by their covers on a regular basis<span style="font-size: small;">, it is often how I choose my next read. A qu<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">i</span>rky western called <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780062041289" target="_blank"><i>The Sisters Brothers</i></a> <span style="font-size: small;">by Patrick deWitt is one of my favorite books/covers from the last year.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">My fellow <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">employees</span> for sure. We're a goofy bunch of dorks.</span></span></b></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b> <span style="font-size: small;">I want to live in the middle of nowhere and rarely come into contact with human civilization.</span></b></span></b></span></span><b><b><br /></b></b></li>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-25332341754269341472012-11-26T15:32:00.000-07:002012-11-26T15:32:05.896-07:00Nice ta Meetcha Monday, 11/26/12<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hullo there everybody. Hope that every<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">one has settled stomachs after Thanksgiving<span style="font-size: small;"> and that it was<span style="font-size: small;"> an enjoyable<span style="font-size: small;"> holiday. Here's is another weekly installment of Nice ta' Meetch<span style="font-size: small;">a Mondays<span style="font-size: small;">. This week,<span style="font-size: small;"> we are only featuring two employees<span style="font-size: small;">, but they are fantastic<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">: Hayden & the man with the plan, Arsen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>To ensure the happiness and well-being of our customers and make sure that those who come into our store keep loving literature as much as I do. Down with Amazon.</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I am <span style="font-size: small;">from </span>Boulder, born and raised.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Victorian era fin-de-si</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><b>ec</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>le
literature (HG Wells, Oscar Wilde, Jules Verne, Bram Stoker, etc.) and
Science Fiction and Fantasy (Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, etc.) My
favorite books are Oscar Wilde's <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780141439570" target="_blank"><i>Picture of Dorian Gray</i></a> and Patrick Suskind's <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780375725845" target="_blank"><i>Perfume: The Story of a Murderer</i></a>. You also can't go wrong with Arthur Conan Doyle.</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span>What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>The booksellers. Everyone who works here works here for a reason. We love literature.</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Claymation gives me nightmares.</span></span></b></span></b></span></li>
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Arsen -- </h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> September of 1992</span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am the buyer of all new books in<span style="font-size: small;"> the store. The <span style="font-size: small;">arbiter of<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> litera<span style="font-size: small;">ry</span></span></span></span> newn<span style="font-size: small;">ess. I keep the shelves fresh and updated. Also, I answer <span style="font-size: small;">oddball question<span style="font-size: small;">s with very little background information, ie: what is that book by that one woman who wrote that other book and I think the cover was green? </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I am from Philadelphi<span style="font-size: small;">a, the city of brotherly love<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> and ironically enough it <span style="font-size: small;">was brotherly love that brought me here. A good friend lived out here and visit<span style="font-size: small;">ing the area made me love it.</span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Literary fiction, confessional poetry, and first-person<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>baseball <span style="font-size: small;">history</span> books. Jewish American writers<span style="font-size: small;"> such as P<span style="font-size: small;">hilip</span></span> Roth<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">or Bernard </span></span>Malamud are some of my favorites because it is serious<span style="font-size: small;">-themed </span>literature that can incorporate humor. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also, Junot Diaz, Zadie Smith,<span style="font-size: small;"> and </span>J<span style="font-size: small;">humpa Lahiri<span style="font-size: small;"> are fan<span style="font-size: small;">tastic. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">There's something new every day<span style="font-size: small;">! Every 10 seconds for that matter.</span></span></b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b> I got drunk with Gillian Flynn and at the same party proceeded to lie to Barack Obama about <span style="font-size: small;">having read his book. <span style="font-size: small;">A<span style="font-size: small;">lso, I was a <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">sportswriter</span> for a few years when I lived in Maryland, before moving to Colorado.</span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span><b><b><br /></b></b></li>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-38026548954242923272012-11-19T12:10:00.001-07:002012-11-19T12:10:41.843-07:00Nice ta Meetcha -- Monday, November 19th: Christian, Emily, Kyle W<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome back! Ready for another round of learning about three great BBS employees<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">? Prepare yourself for this week<span style="font-size: small;">'s edition of Nice 'ta Meetcha Monday.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Christian --</h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I was born in Springfield, Illinois, but my parents left when I was four and since then I grew up during the school year in Boulder and summers in Seattle. Aside from this I have lived in New York, Prague and eight years in St. Petersburg, Russia. </b><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I have to<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">o</span></span></span> many favorite titles to list, but a current favorite is <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780811214827" target="_blank"><i>Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me</i></a> by Javi<span style="font-size: small;"><i>e</i></span>r Marias<span style="font-size: small;">. </span>I like David Foster Wallace, Philip Roth, Sylvia Plath and in general literary fiction and poetry. Currently I am on a Latin American writer binge. Also Dostoyevsky, Bugalkov's <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780141180144" target="_blank"><i>The Master and Margarita</i></a>, Anna Ahkmatova and Russian poets of The Silver Age, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780199536061" target="_blank"><i>Anna Karenina</i></a> and Joan Didion.</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>My favorite thing about BBS are the wonderful people I see every day<span style="font-size: small;">.<span style="font-size: small;"> W</span></span>ithout them this would not be the Boulder Book Store. I also enjoy <span style="font-size: small;">our</span> diverse, eclectic and often eccentric clientele. And of course all the books and my generous employee discount.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Most people wouldn't know that for several years while growing up on Bluff Street in Boulder, Allen Ginsberg lived just a few houses down from us.</b></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> June 2012</span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Seattle, WA, but I've lived many places. I have family throughout<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Colorado and figured I'd give Boulder a try! Plus, it's safe to bike<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>here. :)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b> I love the classics and literature in general. I particularly enjoy Latin American magical realism and 19th century British Literature. I'm also a big fan of John Steinbeck and Virginia Woolf. I studied science so I always enjoy a science writer who understands the value of entertaining writing! Sam Kean and Richard Preston come to mind. I also love to cook and travel so the cooking section and travel sections are among my favorites. Some books I've loved recently? Every Lonely Planet book I've picked up, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780375725340" target="_blank">The Art of Travel</a></i> by Alain de Botton, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780307592736" target="_blank"><i>Wild</i></a> by Cheryl Strayed, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780156027328" target="_blank"><i>The Life of Pi</i></a> by Yann Martel, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781583488768" target="_blank"><i>Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic</i></a> by Darren Main, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781570628726" target="_blank"><i>The Wisdom of No Escape</i></a> by Pem<span style="font-size: small;">a</span> Chodron. Some of my all time favorites include <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780140186390" target="_blank"><i>East of Eden</i></a>, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780060883287" target="_blank"><i>100 Years of Solitude</i></a>, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780684825540" target="_blank"><i>Zorba the Greek</i></a>,<a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780385420174" target="_blank"><i> Like Water for<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>Chocolate</i></a>, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780156628709" target="_blank"><i>Mrs. Dalloway</i></a>, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780156787338" target="_blank"><i>A Room of One's Own</i></a>, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780385720250" target="_blank"><i>The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath</i></a>, and <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780140714548" target="_blank"><i>Hamlet</i></a>.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mid September, 2012</span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm from Doylestown, PA, a small town outside of Philadelphia, far away on the Eastern side of things. What didn't bring me to Boulder? Mountains, adventures, a big change in life. I mean, it's completely fantastic. </span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love reading classics, literary fiction, sci<i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">-</span></span></i>fi/fantasy, and young adult lit. Some favorite all time titles include the <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780545044257" target="_blank">Harry Potter</a> series, all JD Salinger, Ayn Rand, <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780345366764" target="_blank"><i>The World According to Garp</i></a> by John Irving, all Jonathan Franzen and John Green. Best of the year: <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781596436367" target="_blank"><i>Sailor Twain</i></a> by Mark Siegel (an incredibly wonderful graphic novel - check it out!)</span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The books<span style="font-size: small;">. </span>I feel more at home surrounded by literature than most things. Since I've moved out here I've been made to feel very welcome by everyone that works here so that too has been great. </b></span></li>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-3954488345384028322012-11-12T16:27:00.001-07:002012-11-12T16:29:31.238-07:00Nice ta Meetcha-- Monday, November 12th: Taylor, Katie, & Christine<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello again. Today, we're back to an all-girl lineup for the BBS Staff E-Meet-N-Greets. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started working here in June this year (June 2012). </span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I'm from Centennial, CO originally. I came to Boulder to attend CU but also because the ever-growing presence of cookie-cutter houses in my hometown gave me the creeps.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Right now I'm working on<i> Stoker's <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780141439846">Dracula</a> </i>and enjoying it. <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780156012195">The Little Prince</a></i> never gets old and is my go-to comfort book. I'm crazy for magical realism but branching out of that I'm definitely a sci-fi/fantasy girl. I love <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780062094100">Abarat</a></i> by Clive Barker, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780553293357">The Foundation Trilogy</a> </i>by Asimov and anything <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780385334143">Vonnegut</a>. One of my favorite books is <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780156027328">Life of Pi</a></i> by Martel. Recently, I've been delving into a little non fiction. I read <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780393067989">Air</a></i> by William Bryant Logan (he also wrote <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780393329476">Dirt: The ecstatic Skin of the Earth</a></i>, which is worth reading) and I loved it. What I'm getting to is that I am addicted to reading and I will read just about anything I can get my hands on. </b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I have the best co-workers around and that makes this a great place to be. It puts me in a good mood which definitely helps with the customer service aspect of our job. Also: books. That one's self explanatory.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I was born in Denver but raised in Aspen and Denver, I came to Boulder for school, hooray learning!</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I had a weird obsession with the classics for awhile. Everything from Tolstoy to the Bronte sisters (except for Anne, poor, sweet Anne is always left out) Jane Austen and pretty much anything else you can find in the Dover Thrift section. My favorite book of all time is probably <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780743273565">The Great Gatsby</a></i> but that's impossible to know for sure. I really love Neil Gaiman, Leif Enger, but Jack Kerouac I love more than most. This could go on forever. I don't really stay in one genre, I will read any book that is nearby, I think that's what's great about books, though, there's an unending variety!</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>The people I work with, and Buster's giant bowl of candy, that's pretty neat too.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>I'm a twin, but seeing as that is becoming increasingly less interesting (everyone has a twin these days) I will also add that I learned to ski when I was not even a year old.</b></span></b></span></li>
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Christine -- </h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">When did you start working at BBS?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">October 8th, 2008</span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What is your role on the floor?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last two years I've been the Assistant in the Marketing and Promotions department. The last few months, I've also added ordering books to my list of things I'm in charge of. Really though, I just do everything.</span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm originally from Cleveland, Ohio. My cousin's empty room and my lack of immediate prospects post-college-graduation brought me to Boulder. </span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love most books. Words are wonderful. Lately, I've been a big fan of Ruta Sepetys (she wrote<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780142420591">Between Shades of Gray</a></i> -- NOT to be confused with <i>50 Shades of Grey</i> -- and will soon come out with <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780399256929">Out of the Easy</a></i> in February). In the last few years, some of my favorites have included <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780812973990">Let the Great World Spin</a> </i>and<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781439148952">Brooklyn</a></i>. And really most books. Talk to me about books. </span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The people. I'm actually leaving at the end of November to live closer to my inlaws and I'm certainly going to miss my coworkers and working with books in general. The bookselling industry is pretty dismal in Pittsburgh (where I'm headed). Stores there have not fared as well as BBS. I've been fortunate enough to meet so many people (both staff and customers...and authors!). </b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When i was in high school, I owned enough pairs of ridiculous socks to fill a suitcase. Also I lived in Canada for 5 years of my childhood. </span></b></span></li>
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Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-79445232622602770492012-11-05T18:11:00.002-07:002012-11-05T18:11:19.683-07:00Nice ta Meetcha -- Monday, November 5th: Liesl, Daniel, & Shelly<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week, we've got a mix of old and new faces as well as...A BOY! Yes, we do have male staff members here at the Boulder Book Store! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Liesl -- </span></h3>
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<li>When did you start working at BBS?</li>
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<li> <b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Stone Age--before Computac, before the Annex </span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">(Blogger's note: ahem, she means the Upper North Room)</span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, before email. (that would be the early 90's BTW</span></b></li>
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<li>What is your role on the floor?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make people smile, especially kids, to hand out the bathroom code, and straighten stuffed animals. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">(Another note from the blogger -- Liesl is also our "Children's Room Inventory Manager" and she's a wonderful resource for recommendations for young folks!!)</span></span></li>
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<li>Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is no time before Boulder--my parents brought me when I was an infant. </span></b> </li>
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<li>What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Children's (but you knew that) what you may not have known is that I also like Sci-Fi, Mysteries, Cooking, and Crafts. </span></b></li>
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<li>What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Books and people and rep night. </b></span></li>
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<li>What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My dad was an Olympian. He went to Mexico City in 1968 and was co-captain of the men's gymnastics team. No he didn't win, but, hey, he went! </span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Daniel -- </span></h3>
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<li>When did you start working at BBS?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I started in June of 2012 </b></span></li>
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<li>What is your role on the floor?</li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I am a bookseller.</b></span></li>
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<li>Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I am from Belleville, IL, the home of Jimmy Connors and Stag Brewery. The never-ending onslaught of present moment discovery in the contemplative psychotherapy program at Naropa University brought me to Boulder. </b></span></li>
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<li>What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>My favorite genres: fiction, film, psychology, poetry, Buddhism, and shamanism. Ten of my favorite titles in no particular order: <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780802142641">Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Rock</a> </i>by Legs McNeil, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780679723691">Cathedral</a></i> by Raymond Carver, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780292776241">Sculpting in Time</a> </i>by Andrei Tarkovsky, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781573225052">Desolation Angels</a></i> by Jack Kerouac, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780547572413">Valis</a></i> by Philip K. Dick, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780060834821">The Sheltering Sky</a> </i>by Paul Bowles,<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780060648084">Freedom from the Known</a></i> by Jidda Krishnamurti, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781596541368">Our Lady of the Flowers</a></i> by Jean Genet, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780553211757">Crime and Punishment</a></i> by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780060256654">The Giving Tree</a></i> by Shel Silverstein. I guess this goes up to 11. <i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780312428747">Jesus' Son</a></i> by Denis Johnson. </b></span></li>
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<li>What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The money obviously. Ok, ok the books. What a wonderful, diverse collection of glorious books. </span></b></li>
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<li>What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I'm a fighter, not a lover.</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Shelly -- </span></h3>
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<li>When did you start working at BBS?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>November of 2005 </b></span></li>
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<li>What is your role on the floor?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Part-time bookseller </b></span></li>
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<li>Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>From Conifer and Evergreen, though I usually just say somewhere close to South Park. And now I live up in the sticks of Gilpin County, which is why I don’t work at the Book Store more often. I moved back to Evergreen for my family, but when the local drugstore and hardware went belly-up, I moved to the cabin where I am now. It’s hard to see all the changes in Boulder too (I will eternally miss Tom’s Tavern), but it’s worse for me in my hometowns, since I’m such a sap. </b></span></li>
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<li>What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I read mostly contemporary literary fiction: short stories and novels, plus memoirs. Certain graphic novels or cartoons, literary magazines, and any other subject that peaks my curiosity, unless the writing/art itself doesn’t suck me in enough. The titles are endless, but two memorable story collections are<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780062007520">Vanishing</a></i> by Deborah Willis and<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780061776304">Girl Trouble</a></i> by Holly Goddard Jones. And I can tell you my three favorite Colorado writers and books: Laura Pritchett, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781571310545">Sky Bridge</a></i>; Tim Z. Hernandez, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780896727427">Breathing, In Dust</a></i>; Kent Haruf, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/%5Bmodel%5D-67">Plainsong</a></i> or <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/%5Bmodel%5D-66">Eventide</a></i>. (All three will have new novels out in 2013.). Wyoming’s Mark Spragg, who wrote<br /><i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780307474353">Bone Fire</a></i>, is also brilliant. </span></b></li>
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<li>What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Shelving, finding books for customers (and myself), and meeting writers, such as the local people above. I first found Laura and Tim’s books on our shelves and I’ve since become pals with them, and worked with them as a writer myself. Kent and Mark are also lovely human beings. Stephen Graham Jones, who lives here in Boulder, is amazing and funny. Terry Tempest Williams left me in awe. And Andre Dubus III gave just about the best reading I’ve ever seen. Ideally, I love writers who are talented, smart, hilarious, and very authentic. I also like writers who swear (dammit). </b></span></li>
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<li>What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I started wearing mini-skirts during my first year of college when I also stopped shaving my legs. And, with respect to my brothers, I was raised by wolves.</b></span></li>
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<br />Boulder Book Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665564006183268239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247687602114005834.post-410009568122496952012-10-29T15:24:00.001-06:002012-10-29T15:24:56.017-06:00Nice ta Meetcha-- Monday, October 29th: Ingrid, Laina, and Susan<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As I mentioned in the previous post, the next few weeks, I'm taking some time to introduce y'all to our lovely staff members so you know whom to speak with about your particular book queries. This week, I'm continuing the streak of posting about all female booksellers (the boys are shy, I guess). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ingrid--</span></h3>
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<li> When did you start working at BBS?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I started working at Boulder Book Store in September, 2012.</b></span></li>
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<li> What is your role on the floor?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I'm the one trying to appear like I'm not forcing the Reader's Guild membership on you at the register.</b></span></li>
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<li> Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm originally from Park City, UT. My husband is currently attending law school at CU Boulder.</span></b></li>
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<li> What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I read all kinds of stuff. Some of my favorite genres are memoir (especially memoirs about living in polygamous marriages,) Native American literature, women's studies, some philosophy, and general literary fiction. My favorite book of all time is<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781400079988">War and Peace</a> </i>by Leo Tolstoy. I also love Margaret Atwood, Thomas Hardy, Edith Wharton, Cheryl Strayed, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joan Didion, Louise Erdrich, and Sylvia Plath. </span></b></li>
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<li> What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I love keeping up on new releases and talking to customers about the books they are buying. </b></span></li>
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<li> What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Starting in elementary school I developed a somewhat unhealthy obsession with WWII history. I read everything I could possibly find about WWII in my elementary and middle school libraries, and every day after school would scan the yahoo search results for "holocaust," "nazi," "d-day," and other general WWII terms. I had an intricate folder system in my closet in which I would store and organize what information I had printed from the internet. When I graduated from high school, my grandfather took me on a special trip to Europe where we visited all the major WWII sites. </b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Laina-- </span></h3>
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<li>When did you start working at BBS? </li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fall 2009</span></b></li>
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<li>What is your role on the floor? </li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bookseller/Assistant Buyer (DVDs, Out-of-Print Search Service, Buyer for several smaller backlist sections (ask me which ones!)) </span></b></li>
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<li>Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder? </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Pleasantville, NY (No, it's NOT black and white (just white)). I moved here in July of '08 to join my sister and my cousins for the excellent skiing. And also to go to Massage Therapy school. (Yes, I'm in practice)</b></span></li>
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<li>What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles? </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Graphic Novels, SciFi/Fantasy, Fiction, Kids and teen! Titles - too many to count :)</b></span></li>
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<li>What is your favorite thing about working at BBS? </li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other than the books and fine company? I love being involved in the book market as a whole. I'm proud to work for an Indie, and it is important to me that the outstanding customer service that goes hand-in-hand with Indies stays outstanding. We are what keeps bookstores alive, and no town should be without one.</span></b></li>
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<li>What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation? </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I share a birthday with Billie Holiday, Ravi Shankar, Francis Ford Coppola, Russell Crowe and Jackie Chan!</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Susan-- </span></h3>
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<li> When did you start working at BBS?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">August 2010</span></b></li>
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<li>What is your role on the floor?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm the Corporate and School Sales assistant which means I handle offsite sales and large orders for schools, corporations, and - on occasion - individuals. I also buy used books and process all of our internet sales. </span></b></li>
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<li>Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I've lived in quite a few places, but Leadville, CO has always been home. I moved to Boulder to strike out on my own while still saying close enough to family.</b></span></li>
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<li>What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neil Gaiman never disappoints me. <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780380789030">American Gods</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780061689246">Stardust</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780060530945">Graveyard Book</a></i> - all of them amazing. Robert Kirkman's comic book series<i> <a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781582406725">The Walking Dead</a> </i>has and continues to inspire me. I just read <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780765316998">Redshirts</a></i> by Jonh Scalzi - hilarious - and <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/%5Bmodel%5D-35">The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making </a></i>which is seriously a must read for everybody. I love fantasy, science fiction, horror, and I have a particular weakness for good children's books like new author Nikki Loftin's title <i><a href="http://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9781595145086">The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy.</a> </i></span></b></li>
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<li>What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?</li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What? You mean aside from the books? The people. My amazing coworkers who are each unique and passionate and all of our quirky customers. </span></b></li>
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<li>What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I'm writing a zombie novel. The mindless, slowly decaying kind. Oh! The zombies, not the novel. Well, hopefully not the novel. Eek. </b></span></li>
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