tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post3322250486706684181..comments2024-02-29T14:00:40.184-05:00Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Ladies and Gentlemen, the Inaugural Selection of the Restonian Book Club (tm)Restonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15519884797760354007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-14900122931929911052010-09-22T22:01:33.795-04:002010-09-22T22:01:33.795-04:00I love that the circles on the Mauve book cover ar...I love that the circles on the Mauve book cover are the same size and arrangement as the circles on the wallpaper of this blogPrincess Slayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-47554954548488684322010-09-22T18:40:00.511-04:002010-09-22T18:40:00.511-04:00Who will be first to snatch up the Reston library&...Who will be first to snatch up the Reston library's copy?<br /><br />667.2 G for the Dewey Decimal freaks among us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-20926704645376751172010-09-22T16:23:34.055-04:002010-09-22T16:23:34.055-04:00It's flying off the shelf because Amazon only ...It's flying off the shelf because Amazon only stocked 3 to begin with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-90775942747465452372010-09-22T13:15:51.045-04:002010-09-22T13:15:51.045-04:00It REALLY must be flying off the shelves. Amazon....It REALLY must be flying off the shelves. Amazon.com has only three left in stock.<br /><br />I particularly liked this sentence from Amazon's review of the book: "Soon, the streets of London erupted in what one wag called the 'mauve measles.'"<br /><br />The mauve measles probably rank right up there with Ebola Reston as our own special contribution to infectious diseases.Walter Reed This Booknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-80637779849661398032010-09-22T10:04:58.180-04:002010-09-22T10:04:58.180-04:00I liked the part on p. 187 where Ye Olde DRB of Lo...I liked the part on p. 187 where Ye Olde DRB of London Towne wrote up Westminster Abbey for using the wrong shade of burnt ochre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com