Comments on: Quote of the week http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351 Required Reading for Book Fanatics Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:16:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Quote of the week « Shelf Space http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-287 Quote of the week « Shelf Space Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:10:20 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-287 [...] In all my reading this week, there wasn’t one sentence that seemed worthy of being named “quote of the week.” So I thought it would be fun to do another game. This one is similar to a quote game we played earlier in the month. [...]

]]> By: Kristen http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-284 Kristen Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:08:15 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-284 Wow, Kody. Just a few words can carry so much meaning.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-283 Kristen Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:06:52 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-283 Love it – “atomic toilets.” I didn’t know you were reading this, too. It looks funny.

]]> By: Kody http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-280 Kody Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:56:54 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-280 “Would I live to see the sunset tomorrow?”

With The Old Breed by E.B. Sledge

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-279 Jennifer Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:50:21 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-279 “It was, in short, a thing of wonder and grandeur-the finest technological marvel in Des Moines aside from the atomic toilets at Bishop’s cafeteria, which obviously were in a league of their own.”

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

]]> By: Kristen http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-238 Kristen Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:21:11 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-238 Ha, ha, David! This may have been me trying to read Melissa’s post – focusing on each word instead of the entire phrase or idea. Thanks.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-237 Kristen Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:19:34 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-237 The Childcraft Annual! I haven’t thought about those books in years. My sister and I used those books to play school. Actually, my mom probably still has the 1985 annual. Thanks, Karen.

]]> By: David Curry http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-210 David Curry Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:03:31 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-210 Previous post from : Mind Games by Michael Powell

]]> By: David Curry http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-209 David Curry Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:45:55 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-209 Many people read one word at a time in the mistaken belief that they must only move on to the next word when they have “understood” it.

]]> By: Karen http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-204 Karen Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:03:30 +0000 http://www.wcmessenger.com/blogs/shelfspace/?p=351#comment-204 “He realized the balloon was now so high it had reached thin air, and he and Glaisher were not getting enough oxygen.”

the 1985 Childcraft Annual, entitled “Conquest of the Sky”; no authors credited

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