Comments on: “I’m no fan of books …” http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/ Stephen Colbert and 'The Colbert Report' News Blog and Fan Site Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:44:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338617 Lisa Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:44:09 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338617 Wow! These were great! Makes me miss my days in college when I would spend hours pouring through our library books researching papers and such. Thank you! Wow! These were great! Makes me miss my days in college when I would spend hours pouring through our library books researching papers and such. Thank you!

]]> By: wren http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338601 wren Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:36:39 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338601 Also in booklust & good memories: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldtasty/312275892/in/set-264954/" rel="nofollow">The Main Library</i> on Univ. of Illinois campus, and a crazy <a href="http://blog.oar.uiuc.edu/index.php?p=1805" rel="nofollow">photo tour of its stacks</a> - scroll down for a mind-bending photo of the elevator buttons (floor 6.5?!?). And the one private library in the world to which I most desperately wish I could have access: <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all" rel="nofollow">Jay Walker's most beautiful amazing artifact filled library of books and wonderful things</a>. Look at the photos & descriptions, you simply can't imagine it. I honestly have dreams about this place. Also in booklust & good memories: The Main Library on Univ. of Illinois campus, and a crazy photo tour of its stacks – scroll down for a mind-bending photo of the elevator buttons (floor 6.5?!?).

And the one private library in the world to which I most desperately wish I could have access: Jay Walker’s most beautiful amazing artifact filled library of books and wonderful things. Look at the photos & descriptions, you simply can’t imagine it. I honestly have dreams about this place.

]]> By: wren http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338600 wren Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:15:17 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338600 Beautiful! My favorite bookstore is the <a href="http://www.montaguebookmill.com/photos.html" rel="nofollow">Montague Book Mill</a> (<-look at the pictures!) in western MA (just a bike ride down the road from where I used to live). It's in a converted mill building, with enormous windows overlooking the mill stream, and it has the best slogan EVER: <i>The Montague Book Mill - Books you don't need in a place you can't find</i>. So sad I moved away from it. *sigh* Beautiful! My favorite bookstore is the Montague Book Mill (<-look at the pictures!) in western MA (just a bike ride down the road from where I used to live). It’s in a converted mill building, with enormous windows overlooking the mill stream, and it has the best slogan EVER: The Montague Book Mill – Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

So sad I moved away from it. *sigh*

]]> By: wren http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338598 wren Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:54:26 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338598 Well, why would <i>any</i> of them be banned? Really, there's no reason good enough, but some examples are truly ridiculous. Like <i>Where's Waldo</i> being banned because on one page, one of the hundreds of teeny people was a woman sunbathing topless - face down! Or <i>And Tango Makes Three</i>, a picture book about the true story of two (male) penguins at the NYC Central Park Zoo who successfully raised a chick together, banned because it supposedly promoted a "political agenda". Grr. Well, why would any of them be banned? Really, there’s no reason good enough, but some examples are truly ridiculous. Like Where’s Waldo being banned because on one page, one of the hundreds of teeny people was a woman sunbathing topless – face down! Or And Tango Makes Three, a picture book about the true story of two (male) penguins at the NYC Central Park Zoo who successfully raised a chick together, banned because it supposedly promoted a “political agenda”.

Grr.

]]> By: MaryLovesColbert http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338597 MaryLovesColbert Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:06:52 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338597 WOW! Thanks for posting these links. I've been to an interesting bookstore myself. In rural Wisconsin, there's a farm that an elderly couple has converted into a bookstore. It's amazing - just completely packed with books. WOW! Thanks for posting these links.

I’ve been to an interesting bookstore myself. In rural Wisconsin, there’s a farm that an elderly couple has converted into a bookstore. It’s amazing – just completely packed with books.

]]> By: MaryLovesColbert http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338595 MaryLovesColbert Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:59:20 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338595 I know, right?! A lot of those just don't make any sense. Why would Junie B. Jones be banned?! I know, right?! A lot of those just don’t make any sense. Why would Junie B. Jones be banned?!

]]> By: ColbertGirl27 http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338592 ColbertGirl27 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:25:36 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338592 Scholastic catalogs! Yeah! Scholastic catalogs! Yeah!

]]> By: Ms Interpreted http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338591 Ms Interpreted Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:11:18 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338591 Apropos of nothing but a wee bit o' booklust, check out these photos of some incredibly gorgeous <a href="http://www.miragebookmark.ch/most-interesting-bookstores.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bookstores</a> and <a href="http://www.miragebookmark.ch/most-interesting-libraries.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">libraries</a>. Apropos of nothing but a wee bit o’ booklust, check out these photos of some incredibly gorgeous bookstores and libraries.

]]> By: Ms Interpreted http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338590 Ms Interpreted Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:57:39 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338590 Thanks for running a great campaign! We're obviously a "niche" blog here at NFZ, but it's no secret that plenty of <i>Colbert Report</i> fans are big readers, so your getting the "What Book?" comment from Stephen was a great excuse for us to post about our collective litjoy. Thanks for running a great campaign! We’re obviously a “niche” blog here at NFZ, but it’s no secret that plenty of Colbert Report fans are big readers, so your getting the “What Book?” comment from Stephen was a great excuse for us to post about our collective litjoy.

]]> By: juice http://www.nofactzone.net/2009/04/13/im-no-fan-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-338589 juice Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:44:21 +0000 http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=12886#comment-338589 Just read the Banned Books list - been a while. I'm sorry, but... JUNIE B. JONES?????!!!!!!!! LOL Just read the Banned Books list – been a while.
I’m sorry, but… JUNIE B. JONES?????!!!!!!!!
LOL

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