tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post116584659815573284..comments2023-12-23T05:12:55.809-05:00Comments on The Written Nerd: Link-Mad Monday, plus book reviewsBook Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02896226559142059293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post-1166027213902624912006-12-13T11:26:00.000-05:002006-12-13T11:26:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting those clips-the tours look like...Thanks for posting those clips-the tours look like fun. Have you read Wendy Werris' An Alphabetical Life? That'll make you even more homesick for California,with all the great bookstores she worked at like Pickwick's.<BR/><BR/> I read Buzbees' book earlier this year and it's a wonderful read. The man truly creates a lovely atmosphere of biblolore. Oh,and happy belated birthday,BN!lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post-1165853975383493512006-12-11T11:19:00.000-05:002006-12-11T11:19:00.000-05:00Why is it that the idea of the bookstore tour soun...Why is it that the idea of the bookstore tour sounded so exciting, but then actually seeing it happen sort of embarrassed me? Is embarrassment so easily multiplied tht I can handle my own small doses of enthusiasm, but to have others' filling the ir round me like so much bad perfume just makes it harder to breathe? Genre get-together's have the sam effect on me. Yes, let us be dorks and quote scripture in our dyads and trios, but please don't subject me to a room (or bus) of my terrifyingly nerdy doppelgangers. Maybe it's all just down to my fear of being "that guy". If there re few enough of us, I can pick out enough detail to convince myself that indeed, I am not this guy standing right here. But a whole indistinct mass of Dork is another thing entirely. Perhaps if I really weren't that guy it wouldn't be so frightening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com