tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post4997135077701901967..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Books That Go With Other BooksJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-12039487567942480852013-02-03T02:07:05.576-08:002013-02-03T02:07:05.576-08:00Hart is also unaware of the Fugo bombing balloons ...Hart is also unaware of the Fugo bombing balloons -- if you discount Hawaii, they were technically responsible for the only deaths resulting from foreign attack on the US mainland before 911.wardphillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252891830823636815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-34842697247525573602013-02-01T10:19:52.598-08:002013-02-01T10:19:52.598-08:00Haven't read THE NIGHT CIRCUS yet, though Jani...Haven't read THE NIGHT CIRCUS yet, though Janice enjoyed it quite a lot. Have to say the PRINCESS BRIDE connection entirely escaped me.<br /><br />The last pure impulse book I bought (and unfortunately have now mislaid) was about a Virginia planter who developed a stealth manumission program on his plantation with the goal that all his slaves would, over time, earn their own freedom. Eventually his fellow planters (Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, et al) found out about it and he had to flee the state.<br /><br />--John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-65578993468885365882013-01-31T10:44:38.179-08:002013-01-31T10:44:38.179-08:00re: Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable ...re: <i>Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified </i><br /><br />My last one of these was _The Night Circus_ by Erin Morgenstern: the cover design and blurb really sucked me in (along with the nod toward S. Morganstern from _The Princess Bride_).grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.com