Sweet quotes

What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to do.
--Sanaya Roman

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.
--Harriet Beecher Stowe

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
--Marianne Williamson

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
--Alice Walker

Yay, new books!

Paperbackswapped:

• If Women Ran the World Sh*t Would Get Done by Shelly Rachanow

Half.com:

• Firefly: The Official Copmanion Volume 1

Hilarious book quote!

"As grand and glorious as love is, it is not without its perils. Anyone who has felt the cruel pangs of rejection knows that love is best approached cautiously, as one would approach an angry, cornered brush-tailed possum. Yes, before throwing yourself into a relationship, it's wise to buy a sturdy pair of leather gloves, and to be extra careful of love's front claws and rows of needle-sharp teeth."
--Michael J. Nelson from Love Sick: A Smoldering Look at Love, Lust, and Marriage

New books! And comics!

I finally stopped at Vault and got my subscriptions. I had bunches of stuff!
Comics:

• Buffy Season Eight #8
• Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: The First Death #2
• Y: The Last Man #59
• Angel: After the Fall #1

Manga:

• Fruits Basket #18 by Natsuki Takaya
• Loveless #7 by Yun Kouga
• After School Nightmare #5 by Setona Mizushiro

Plus, I got these in the mail over the last few days from paperbackswap/bookmooch:

• All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters by Karen Stabiner
• Camp Babymouse by Holm & Holm
• Marked by Cast & Cast

And then, I visited the new B&N:

• Saint City Sinners by Lilith Saintcrow

Shoot! I forgot to look for Nikki at the B&N. She works there now! I'll have to check next time I go.

It was new book day. :)

Book quotes

I read the SCUM Manifesto last night. Wow. That's some crazy shit. And hard to follow. But intriguing...

"But SCUM is too impatient to wait for the de-brainwashing of millions of assholes. Why should the swinging females continue to plod dismally along with the dull male ones? Why should the fates of the groovy and the creepy be intertwined? Why should the active and imaginative consult the passive and dull on social policy? Why should the independent be confined to the sewer along with the dependent who need Daddy to cling to?"
--Valerie Solanas, SCUM Manifesto

This part of the book just makes me laugh because look at who is included in the Men's Auxiliary and who is not. But then...it's kind of scary too, isn't it?

"Men in the Men's Auxiliary are those men who are working diligently to eliminate themselves, men who, regardless of their motives, do good, men who are playing pall with SCUM. A few examples of the men in the Men's Auxiliary are: men who kill men; biological scientists who are working on constructive programs, as opposed to biological warfare; journalists, writers, editors, publisher and producers who disseminate and promote ideas that will lead to the achievement of SCUM's goals; faggots who, by their shimmering, flaming example, encourage other men to de-man themselves and thereby make themselves relatively inoffensive; men who consistently give things away--money, things, services; men who tell it like it is (so far not one ever has), who put women straight, who reveal the truth about themselves, who give the mindless male-females correct sentences to parrot, who tell them a woman's primary goal in life should be to squash the male sex (to aid men in this endeavor SCUM will conduct Turd Sessions, at which every male present will give a speech beginning with the sentence: "I am a turd, a lowly abject turd," then proceed to list all the ways in which he is. His reward for doing so will be the opportunity to fraternize after the session for a whole, solid hour with the SCUM who will be present. Nice, clean-living male women will be invited to the session to help clarify any doubts and misunderstandings they may have about the male sex); makers and promoters of sex books and movies, etc., who are hastening the day when all that will be shown on the screen will be Suck and Fuck (males, like the rats following the Pied Piper, will be lured by Pussy to their doom, will be overcome and submerged by and will eventually drown in the passive flesh that they are); drug pushers and advocates, who are hastening the dropping out of men.

Being in the Men's Auxiliary is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for making SCUM's escape list; it's not enough to do good; to save their worthless asses men must also avoid evil. A few examples of the most obnoxious or harmful types are: rapists, politicians and all w ho are in their service (campaigners, members of political parties, etc.); lousy singers and musicians; Chairmen of Boards; Breadwinners; landlords; owners of greasy spoons and restaurants that play Muzak; "Great Artists"; cheap pikers and welchers; cops; tycoons; scientists working on death and destruction programs or for private industry (practically all scientists); liars and phonies; disc jockeys; men who intrude themselves in the slightest way on any strange female; real estate men; stock brokers; men who speak when they have nothing to say; men who sit idly on the street and mar the landscape with their presence; double dealers; flim-flam artists; litterbugs; plagiarizers; men who in the slightest way harm any female; all men in the advertising industry; psychiatrists and clinical psychologists; dishonest writers, journalists, editors, publishers, etc.; censors on both the public and private levels; all members of the armed forces, including draftees (LBJ and McNamara give orders, but servicemen carry them out) and particularly pilots (if the bomb drops, LBJ won't drop it; a pilot will)."
--Valerie Solanas, SCUM Manifesto

What I liked best? She used groovy a lot--particularly to describe the good "male women" (in other words, women who were cool and who got what she was saying). *grins* Written in the 60s, of course. Oh, and SCUM stands for Society for Cutting Up Men. I did mention it was a little scary, right?

Bookmooched:

• Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies

You totally have to look at this book just to see the illustrations. They are awesome. :)

Oooh...cool.

Paperbackswapped:

• What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future edited by Rebecca Walker

Less of a book quote, more of a poet quote

The world you want to create needs you. It needs you to create it. It needs to hear what you have to say. The last word has not been spoken!
--Beah E. Richards


And a new book from the Friends of AADL (it was $1!):

• The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

Why I haven't been reading...

Nanowrimo is sucking up all my reading time...big surprise. :) I've got over 8000 words! YAY! Still a lot to go, though... Still 8000 is pretty good. But I'm going to have to get reading too.

From bookmooch:

• 101 Salivations: For the Love of Dogs by Rachael Hale

From half.com:

• Quincy the Hobby Photographer by J. Otto Seibold

Borders & their coupons

From Borders:

• Boy Trouble by Beth Killian (it was CHEAP!)
• Black Sun Silver Moon #2 by Tomo Maeda
• The Guerilla Art Kit by Keri Smith

Cheap books & hoarding

Yeah, super cheap silly YA books from Borders:

• The Scarlet Lettreman by Cara Lockwood
• Wuthering High by Cara Lockwood

And...I seem to be hoarding library books again. I was doing so good. I was keeping my checked out items around 30 (which includes DVDs and CDs). Now, I'm gathering books again. I need to just read the stuff I have. Of course, I always end up coming home with picture books and manga, which I read first b/c I can read it fast, but then the books I have get neglected (as evidenced by the fact that my currently reading list has not changed for over a week). :( I need a job where all I have to do is read books. That'd be sweet...

Ah...I'm having visions of my own bookstore again. *sighs* Dreams...

If I'm trying to do NaNoWriMo, it's not a good time to be hoarding and collecting more books. If all goes well, I won't have much time to read. But...well, it's not going so great. I doubt I'll make it to 50,000 words this year either. I think I did about 20,000 last year. I'll be happy if I can make it to 20,000 again.

I better get busy...

Books I've Read October 2007

10/1/07

• Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat by Sara Swan Miller & True Kelley (PB)
• Gothic Sports #1 by Anike Hage (M)
• Being Muslim (Groundwork Guide) by Haroon Siddiqui (A-NF)

10/2/07

• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (Y)

10/3/07

• Korgi, Book 1 by Christian Slade (Y)
• Patrick the Wolf Boy #3 by Art Balthazar & Franco Aureliani (Y)
• Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Dog by Sara Swan Miller & True Kelley (PB)

10/4/07

• Nightmares & Fairy Tales: 1140 Rue Royale by Serena Valentino & Crab Scrambly (GN)
• Nightmares & Fairy Tales: Beautiful Beasts by Serena Valentino & FSc (GN)
• Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays by Candace Savage (A-NF)

10/5/07

• Mary Jane: Circle of Friends by Sean McKeever, Takeshi Miyazawa, & Norman Lee (GN)
• Mary Jane: Homecoming by Sean McKeever & Takeshi Miyazawa (GN)
• Agate: What Good Is a Moose? by Joy Morgan Dey & Nikki Johnson (PB)
• Dead High Yearbook by Mark McVeigh & Ivan Velez (eds.) (GN)
• The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks & Dan Santat (PB)
• BtVS: A Stake to the Heart by Fabian Nicieza, Cliff Richards, Brian Horton, & Will Conrad (GN)
• Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog by Sara Swan Miller & True Kelley (PB)

10/6/07

• Tokyo Boys & Girls #2 by Miki Aihara (M)
• Yurara #1 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• Metamo Kiss #1 by Sora Omote (M)

10/7/07

• Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield (A-NF)
• Miki Falls #1: Spring by Mark Crilley (M)
• New X-Men: Planet X by Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez, & Andy Lanning (GN)
• How Loathesome by Ted Naifeh & Tristan Crane (GN)

10/8/07

• One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne (Y-NF)

10/10/07

• Flotsam by David Wiesner (PB)
• What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas (PB)
• Gothic Sports #2 by Anike Hage (M)
• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (PB)
• Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (PB)

10/11/07

• New X-Men: Academy X: Haunted by DeFilippis, Weir, Ryan, Pagulayan, Medina, Ketcham, Rapmund, Vlasco (GN)
• Death Jr. by Gary Whitta & Ted Naifeh (GN)

10/12/07

• The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• The Magic Beads by Susin Nielson-Fernlund & Genevieve Cote (PB)
• Goat and Donkey in Strawberry Sunglasses by Simon Puttock & Russell Julian (PB)
• Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier (PB)
• Warriors #4: Rising Storm by Erin Hunter (Y)

10/13/07

• Sector 7 by David Wiesner (PB)
• Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer by JT Petty (Y)
• Tokyo Boys & Girls #3 by Miki Aihara (M)

10/14/07

• Mr. Persnickety and the Cat Lady by Paul Brett Johnson (PB)
• While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee (PB)
• Astro Bunnies by Christine Loomis & Ora Eitan (PB)
• Armadillo's Orange by Jim Arnosky (PB)
• Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian (PB)
• Mouse's First Spring by Lauren Thompson & Buket Erdogan (PB)
• Fortunately by Remy Charlip (PB)
• Kitten Red Yellow Blue by Peter Catalanotto (PB)
• For You Are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane & Ana Juan (PB)
• Welcome to Zanzibar Road by Niki Daly (PB)
• And Here's to You! by David Elliott & Randy Cecil (PB)
• Through the Heart of the Jungle by Jonathan Emmett & Elena Gomez (PB)
• The Story Goes On by Aileen Fisher & Mique Moriuchi (PB)
• I.Q. Goes to the Library by Mary Ann Fraser (PB)
• Book! by Kristine O'Connell George & Maggie Smith (PB)
• Monkey Lost by Ed Heck (PB)
• Punxsutawney Phyllis by Susanna Leonard Hill & Jeffrey Ebbler (PB)
• Help! by Christopher Inns (PB)
• Eddie's Kingdom by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• The Cat's Meow by Warren Kimble (PB)
• Poppy's Babies by Jill Barklem (PB)
• Sea Story by Jill Barklem (PB)
• Summer Story by Jill Barklem (PB)
• The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric A. Kimmel & Bruce Whatley (PB)
• Corgiville Fair by Tasha Tudor (PB)
• Clemency Pogue: The Hobgolbin Proxy by JT Petty (Y)

10/15/07

• The Dream Thief by Shana Abe (A)
• Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
• Kedamono Damono #1 by Haruka Fukushima (M)
• Tramps Like Us #13 by Yayoi Ogawa (M)
• Tenshi Ja Nai!! I'm No Angel! #8 by Takako Shigematsu (M)
• Hear Us Out!: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope, 1950 to the Present by Nancy Garden (YA)

10/16/07

• Beasty Bath by Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Who Wants a Dragon? by James Mayhew & Lindsey Gardiner (PB)
• You're All My Favorites by Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram (PB)
• Don't Mention Pirates by Sarah McConnell (PB)
• The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• Sally and the Some-Thing by George O'Connor (PB)
• The Bake Shop Ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn & Marjorie Priceman (PB)
• Magpie Magic: A Tale of Colorful Mischief by April Wilson (PB)
• Elbert's Bad Word by Audrey Wood & Don Wood (PB)
• This Next New Year by Janet S. Wong & Yangsook Choi (PB)
• Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen & Jane Dyer (PB)
• My Dog Toby by Andrea Zimmerman, David Clemesha, & True Kelley (PB)
• Unlovable by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Good Babies: A Tale of Trolls, Humans, a Witch, and a Switch by Tim Myers & Kelly Murphy (PB)
• How to Be a Good Dog by Gail Page (PB)
• The Birthday Fish by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Groundhog Gets a Say by Pamela Curtis Swallow & Denise Brunkus (PB)
• The Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer & Lisa McCue (PB)
• Crictor by Tomi Ungerer (PB)
• Farley Found It! by Bruce Van Patter (PB)
• Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root & Randy Cecil (PB)
• What Does Peace Feel Like? by V. Radunsky (PB)
• Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver & Lynn Rowe Reed (PB)
• Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney & Myles C. Pinkney (PB)
• Scary Godmother by Jill Thompson (PB)
• June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner (PB)
• It's Fall by Jimmy Pickering (PB)
• It's Winter by Jimmy Pickering (PB)
• It's Spring by Jimmy Pickering (PB)
• It's Summer by Jimmy Pickering (PB)
• I.Q. Goes to School by Mary Ann Fraser (PB)
• Mouse's First Valentine by Lauren Thompson & Buket Erdogan (PB)
• I.Q., It's Time by Mary Ann Fraser (PB)
• Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson & Stephen Savage (PB)
• Robot Dreams by Sara Varon (GN)
• Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane: Super Crush by McKeever, Miyazawa, Strain (GN)
• Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane: The New Girl by McKeever, Miyazawa, de Landro, Strain (GN)
• Is It Me or My Meds?: Living with Antidepressants by David A. Karp (A-NF)

10/17/07

• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia (PB)
• You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
• Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim (GN)
• The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter (PB)
• Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids edited by Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly (GN)
• Kingdom Hearts #1 by Shiro Amano (M)
• New X-Men: Here Comes Tomorrow by Grant Morrison & Marc Silvestri (GN)

10/18/07

• Unearthly #1 by Ted Naifeh & Elmer Damaso (M)
• Earthian #1 by Yun Kouga (M)

10/19/07

• The Wallflower #7 by Tamoko Hayakawa (M)
• Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane: My Secret Life by McKeever, Miyazawa, Mays, Strain (GN)
• I.Q. Gets Fit by Mary Ann Fraser (PB)
• The Little Endless Storybook by Jill Thompson (PB)
• Scary Godmother: The Boo Flu by Jill Thompson (PB)
• Boy Princess #1 by Seyoung Kim (M)
• Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts #1 by Haruka Fukushima (M)
• Princess Resurrection #1 by Yasunori Mitsunaga (M)

10/20/07

• Clemency Pogue: The Scrivener Bees by JT Petty (Y)
• Alice 19th #1: Lotis Master by Yu Watase (M)
• Miki Falls #2: Summer by Mark Crilley (M)
• Jane on Her Own by Ursula K. LeGuin (Y)

10/21/07

• Earthian #2 by Yun Kouga (M)
• If Women Ran the World, Sh*t Would Get Done by Shelly Rachanow (A-NF)
• America the Beautiful: A Photographic Journey, Coast to Coast--And Beyond edited by Robert Sullivan (A-NF)
• All I Want Is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)

10/22/07

• Edna's Tale by Lisze Bechtold (PB)
• Scary Godmother: Spooktakular Stories by Jill Thompson (GN)
• Scary Godmother: Ghoul's Out for Summer by Jill Thompson (GN)
• Catwings Return by Ursula K. LeGuin (Y)

10/23/07

• My Side of the Story by Will Davis (YA)

10/24/07

• Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat by Sara Swan Miller & True Kelley (PB)
• Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra & J. Otto Seibold (PB)
• Ultra Maniac #2 by Wataru Yoshizumi (M)
• Tokyo Boys & Girls #4 by Miki Aihara (M)

10/25/07

• Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path by Erin Hunter (Y)

10/26/07

• Black Sun Silver Moon #1 by Tomo Maeda (M)
• Princess Princess #3 by Mikiyo Tsuda (M)

10/27/07

• A Lifetime of Secrets by Frank Warren (A-NF)
• Chicken and Cat by Sara Varon (PB)
• Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy by Jill Thompson (PB)
• Scary Godmother: The Mystery Date by Jill Thompson (PB)
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan (GN)
• Scary Godmother: Wild About Harry by Jill Thompson (GN)
• Kedamono Damono #2 by Haruka Fukushima (M)
• The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg (GN)

10/28/07

• Little Bear, You're a Star! by Jean Marzollo (PB)
• Star Wars: What Is a Wookiee? by Laura Buller & Kate Simkins (PB)
• Jennifer Scales and the Ancient Furnace by MaryJanice Davidson & Anthony Alongi (YA)
• Earthian #3 by Yun Kouga (M)
• Wyvernhail by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (YA)

10/29/07

• Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies edited by Art Spiegelman & Fracoise Mouly (GN)
• Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss (PB)
• Alice 19th #2: Inner Heart by Yuu Watase (M)

10/30/07

• Fangs 4 Freaks by Serena Robar (YA)

10/31/07

• X-Day #1 by Setona Mizushiro (M)
• X-Day #2 by Setona Mizushiro (M)

Total 10/07: 166

87 Picture Books; 29 Manga; 7 Adult NF; 10 Youth; 23 Graphic Novels; 1 Youth NF; 1 Adult; 8 YA

From half.com:

• Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes