The beginning of giving away
Posted By Sika on December 4, 2006
First off, a question: do any of y’all know somewhere in Seattle where I can pick up those rubbermaid cedar embedded totes? I’ve only found 10-packs online, which is a bit more than what I need.
I’ve gone through my books and edited out what I can stand to part with. Because I edited down a year or so ago, I don’t have as much as I might, but still. . .
Shannon, I’ve got an old book on handweaving that I snagged for your mom. Do you think she or Pam would like it, or should I put it up for grabs?
I’m giving y’all first crack. If you want something and you come over to pick it up, you can look through my bookshelves and see if there’s anything else you can talk me out of; there’s a fair number of books that I would give up if the person picking it up would love it/think it rocks as much as I do.
Reader’s Digest 1001 Hints & Tips for your garden
Llewellyn’s 2000 Herbal Almanac
How To Trace Your Family Tree (with no online tips)
Getting Well Again by O. Carl Simonton
Learning By Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit by Corita Kent and Jan Steward
Mathematics and the Unexpected by Ivar Ekeland
Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
Leviathan (an anthology of short stories)
The Mute’s Soliloquy by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
David Copp
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Sword Dancer by Jennifer Roberson
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Gridlinked by Neal Asher
Origami In Color
Making Books by Hand by Mary McCarthy & Philip Manna
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
The Essential Asthma Book by Drs. Francois and Sheila Haas
Life after Life by Raymond A Moody, JR., M.D.
The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet by Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller
Floors and Stairways
Seasonal Quilting by Cheryl Fall
The Other Bible ed. by Willis Barnstone
A paperback Random House dictionary that may or may not have a couple pages missing.
Various trashy romance novels I’m probably not going to admit that I own unless you’ll take them from me.
If you want any of these, let me know.
Probably not. Mom isn’t weaving anymore, and I think Pam is way past that level.
I would like the quilting books, the origami book, how to fix damn near everything. I am happy to pay to have them mailed to me, as long as you include Jack.
I would like the following:
A Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms–1987
the United States of Wal-Mart
The Imaginary Girlfriend: A Memoir
The World According to Garp
White Oleander
Middlemarch
The Scarecrow Movie Guide
I can come get them, or you can bring them to Ronnie Mars tomorrow if you’re coming, or I can get them Saturday before Death Cab.
(death cab!!!!!!!!)
Oh speaking of which, if you’d like to stay over on Saturday after the concert, I have a fooooton now for to sleeping on.)
I’ll take the gardening, herb books and the scarecrow movie guide. Otherwise, we have the same library.
OMG you’re not leaving soon, are you? I’m having a soup dinner for friends dec 22nd to celebrate solstice, wanna come?
I can bring them to you saturday. I don’t think I’ll spend the night, ’cause I’ve been awfully attached to my own bed lately, but I can drive up and then we could go to the concert together–does that sound ok?
I don’t think we’re doing VM tomorrow as it’s reruns?
Also, I’m at work, and just tried to cross out the books on your list, but I was supposed to be off lunch 5 minutes ago, so could you double check for me that I got everything on your list?
Someone had better tell Fester then, because yesterday she said she was going to reserve the theater. But that’s good if it’s reruns because then I can just flop out at my house and not breathe.
Yeah, if you want to come up and stuff Saturday that’s fine.
I think you got all of the books for me. At least the ones I wanted are now crossed off.
Three Junes by Julia Glass
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
Mirella would make good use of and/or enjoy:
Rand McNally’s Atlas from 1986
The Gospel of Gentility: American Women Missionaries in Turn-of-the-century China by Jane Hunter (She’s fascinated with China and it’s culture, wants to travel there some day.)
Teach Yourself to Knit the Easy Columbia-Minerva Way (from sometime in the 50s–has a few patterns)
I would treasure:
The Iliad by Homer, trans. by Fagles (my fav greek translator which is why it’s ratty)
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny
Memories and Visions:Women’s fantasy and SF
New Vogue Sewing Book–1963
Alton would be delighted to own:
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
Making Books by Hand by Mary McCarthy & Philip Manna
Also: Alton’s mother has a penchant for trashy romance novels. So if you don’t find another home for them, I’m sure she’d be secretly delighted to have them.
I sang you a song on your voicemail last night. It sucked big time, I think you’ll like it! ;p
pearl
Okay, slowly but surely getting through older entries – of course, I’m a book-pig, so I hit this one first #^-^#
Not Visibly Claimed:
Conversational Italian in 20 lessons–1977
Learning By Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit by Corita Kent and Jan Steward
Drywall by Myron R. Ferguson
Floors and Stairways
Worlds Apart: an anthology of gay and lesbian sf and fantasy
Getting Well Again by O. Carl Simonton
Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History
The Other Bible ed. by Willis Barnstone
Claimed, but if anyone changes their mind, I’d be interested:
Memories and Visions:Women’s fantasy and SF
New Vogue Sewing Book–1963
Making Books by Hand by Mary McCarthy & Philip Manna
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
You got all the ones in your not visibly claimed section and I’ll keep you in mind if any of the others become up for grab again. I’m really glad someone is taking the Italian book–it’s from when I was learning Italian in kindergarten.