Comments on: Me, Mom, and Ray Bradbury http://www.thenewsleekness.com/index.php/me-mom-and-ray-bradbury/ Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bruce http://www.thenewsleekness.com/index.php/me-mom-and-ray-bradbury/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Bruce Sat, 22 May 2010 04:19:21 +0000 http://www.thenewsleekness.com/?p=578#comment-609 Beautiful post Kassia ;). There must be something about Ray Bradbury and school libraries - the giant collection of his stories was the only book I ever seriously considered stealing. I discovered it couldn't be bought in a bookstore and I was convinced no one at my school could ever love it as much as I did. (But there's a happy ending: I confessed this unsavory impulse to his publisher when I grew up to become a book scout and she gave me a copy of the modern collection that replaced the book I reluctantly left where it belonged all those years ago.) Beautiful post Kassia ;) . There must be something about Ray Bradbury and school libraries – the giant collection of his stories was the only book I ever seriously considered stealing. I discovered it couldn’t be bought in a bookstore and I was convinced no one at my school could ever love it as much as I did. (But there’s a happy ending: I confessed this unsavory impulse to his publisher when I grew up to become a book scout and she gave me a copy of the modern collection that replaced the book I reluctantly left where it belonged all those years ago.)

]]> By: Kassia Krozser http://www.thenewsleekness.com/index.php/me-mom-and-ray-bradbury/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Kassia Krozser Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:19:44 +0000 http://www.thenewsleekness.com/?p=578#comment-545 Thanks, Emily. I have wanted to write this for a long time (and have alluded to it in other pieces). Had I been more on the ball, I would have forced my mom to scan a funny picture of me and all my friends in front of the library. We were adorable. And skinny. I am glad you resisted the urge to turn to a life of book crime (how do you explain that to the new one?). My fatal flaw with library books is that you have to give them back. I am not responsible enough for a library card. On the plus side, I do my part in backfilling inevitable library budget deficits. Also, awesome that you got the book! There is a life lesson here. Thanks, Emily. I have wanted to write this for a long time (and have alluded to it in other pieces). Had I been more on the ball, I would have forced my mom to scan a funny picture of me and all my friends in front of the library. We were adorable. And skinny.

I am glad you resisted the urge to turn to a life of book crime (how do you explain that to the new one?). My fatal flaw with library books is that you have to give them back. I am not responsible enough for a library card. On the plus side, I do my part in backfilling inevitable library budget deficits.

Also, awesome that you got the book! There is a life lesson here.

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]]> By: Emily W. http://www.thenewsleekness.com/index.php/me-mom-and-ray-bradbury/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Emily W. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:19:25 +0000 http://www.thenewsleekness.com/?p=578#comment-543 Beautiful post Kassia ;). There must be something about Ray Bradbury and school libraries - the giant collection of his stories was the only book I ever seriously considered stealing. I discovered it couldn't be bought in a bookstore and I was convinced no one at my school could ever love it as much as I did. (But there's a happy ending: I confessed this unsavory impulse to his publisher when I grew up to become a book scout and she gave me a copy of the modern collection that replaced the book I reluctantly left where it belonged all those years ago.) Beautiful post Kassia ;) . There must be something about Ray Bradbury and school libraries – the giant collection of his stories was the only book I ever seriously considered stealing. I discovered it couldn’t be bought in a bookstore and I was convinced no one at my school could ever love it as much as I did. (But there’s a happy ending: I confessed this unsavory impulse to his publisher when I grew up to become a book scout and she gave me a copy of the modern collection that replaced the book I reluctantly left where it belonged all those years ago.)

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