Book Fair

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Giles had gotten up at ack o'clock and actually had toted five boxes of books to the Fandom High Gym before he "cheated."

Everything was now set up neatly on tables, and separated by genre.

There was also coffee and hot water urns, bottled water, and a variety of pastries and breads set on a table near the register.

The First Annual Fandom High Book Fair was open for business.

[ooc: Hang on to your collective hats while I get the OCD threads up, please.

Threads are UP. Whew. I think you all know how this works. Go look for a book. Up to you whether you find it or not. No, there is no magic/new age section. Yes, Giles has planned it that way.

That's it! Go to town! Wait. No. Stay here and buy stuff...]

Comments

Fiction--Classics

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Dickens, Austen, Dylan Thomas, Mark Twain...

Re: Fiction--Classics

[demonbelthazor]

Bel scratched his head as he browsed through the books. He wanted to get a present for Phoebe, but he had no idea what she might like.

Re: Fiction--Classics

[absolutesnark]

Piper searched the classics for copies of To Kill a Mockingbird and Jane Eyre.

Re: Fiction--Classics

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory actually had most of these already, though she found a nice copy of Howl. Hers was a little dog-eared.

And of course, she was swatting at those invisible gnats and pursued by completely real frogs all the while.

Re: Fiction--Classics

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth might have had a list of books that she needed to replace. Actually looking for books in English was always a good start.

Re: Fiction--Classics

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim idly searched for Yeats.

Fiction--Contemporary

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

The Devil Wears Prada, The Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, The Jane Austen Book Club...

Fiction--Mystery

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Agatha Christie, Peter Tremayne, Ellis Peters, Laura Joh Rowland...

Re: Fiction--Mystery

[fatalvoyage.livejournal.com]

Tempe wandered into the book fair, followed by several weetiny kittens, and nearly squealed out loud at the sheer volume of mystery books waiting to be bought.

She picked up several books by Agatha Christie, as well as the next few books in the time-travel/murder mystery series she was reading.

The kitties were content to wait patiently while she picked out her books. Except for the brown-furred one, which pulled a book off the shelf by clawing it with its paw, knocked it open, and was reading it. Or that's how it looked, anyway.

Fiction--Science Fiction

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Asimov, Bujold McMaster, Brin...

Re: Fiction--Science Fiction

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Not sure where to start, River ended up in the Science fiction section. She looked at some of the covers, skimmed some of the pages and shook her head.

Fiction--Fantasy

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Lackey, McCaffrey, Eddings, Butcher, shudder, Hamilton...

Re: Fiction--Fantasy

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John started flipping through the selection of Feist.

Fiction--Westerns

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

L'Amour, McMurty, Guthrie...

Re: Fiction--Westerns

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras had quickly made her way to this section and was browsing the vintage Louis L'Amour selections.

Fiction--Romance

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Coulter, Feather, Gabaldon...

Re: Fiction--Romance

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia picked up a Harlequin and started giggling at some of the phrasing.

Non-Fiction--History

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

McCullough, Duby, Jordan...

Re: Non-Fiction--History

[smartestone]

This is always Hermione's first stop, just because this is where all the most useful information usually seems to be. She spends a lot of time poking through the titles, looking for anything that she might use.

Non-Fiction--Theology

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Evans, Aquinas, Kung...

Non-Fiction--Popular Science

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

The Elegant Universe, Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality, E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equasion...

Re: Non-Fiction--Popular Science

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam was browsing, but had yet to pick up anything. Her concentration may have been a bit off.

Non-Fiction--Biography

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

McCullough (yes, again), Weir, and yes, Kelley (have to represent the demonic authors, right?)

Re: Non-Fiction--Biography

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders had a biography of Mickey Mantle in his hands, and was pretty absorbed in it. Yes, he was actually reading. Avidly. In public.

And you were probably going to have to pry the book out of his cold, dead hands.

Non-Fiction--Language

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Dictionaries and "How To" texts on German, Latin, Greek (Ancient Attic and Modern), Arabic, French, Spanish, Romanian, Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese), Japanese, Byblos...

Re: Non-Fiction--Language

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia flipped through an elementary Spanish text and giggled at the phrases they chose.

Non-Fiction--Reference

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

English dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, road maps...

Re: Non-Fiction--Reference

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Time to compare English dictionaries! Whee! She's hoping to find one with a decent little section on grammar in it as well.

Non-Fiction--Philosophy and Psychology

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Freud, Jung, Rousseau, Hume...

Re: Non-Fiction--Philosophy and Psychology

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric has no idea how he ended up in this section. And he decides Sigmund Freud is one odd man.

Non-Fiction--Fine Arts

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Large picture books including works by Da Vinci, O'Keefe, Waterhouse...

Re: Non-Fiction--Fine Arts

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi lookes through books about Da Vinci's notebooks (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486225720/sr=8-2/qid=1149866880/).

Refreshments

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Cuppa tea? Banana bread?

Re: Refreshments

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Tea. Made by someone who knows how to make it. And who is Walter to turn down free refreshments?

Check-out with Tino!

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Mod your own check out...

Re: Check-out with Tino!

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Limiting herself greatly (Konoe-sama was very enthusiastic about education, but he probably wouldn't be too happy if she spent her money too frivilously), Sakurazaki ends up purchasing the English dictionary with the nice cover, Ratchnevsky's Genghis Kahn (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0631189491/sr=8-4/qid=1149896764/ref=pd_bbs_4/102-8160425-9786545?%5Fencoding=UTF8), Ravina's The last Samurai (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471089702/qid=1149896838/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-8160425-9786545?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) (which has nothing to do with Tom Cruise), and a very amazing English copy of the Hagakura (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4770011067/qid=1149896893/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8160425-9786545?s=books&v=glance&n=283155). She is a very pleased little samurai.

[[ooc: it has to be noted that Ravina is my idol. heeee]]

Check-out with Giles

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Looking for some witty reparte?

Re: Check-out with Giles

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker came up to the check-out with an armload of books, and a small frown. "I couldn't find Cyrano in French. That's just wrong." She pouted, then smiled. "Long time no see, Mr. Giles."

OOC/Ping Giles

[rup-giles.livejournal.com]

Comments OFF, OMG. Snag my attention here. I did get everything, right?

Re: OOC/Ping Giles

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

*is annoying*

And considering that this is Fandom, where would we place Stoker? Because I know that for you and for me, it's non-fiction.