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Back from a full day! The family and I (including Liz

lizziethered) went up to Grapevine Mills mall (45 minute drive) to see Howl's Moving Castle this afternoon. We missed the first showing so decided to mall-stomp until the next showing. Well, we ended up in Books-a-Million (about 2/3 - 3/4 the footprint of a Barnes&Noble, I think), which has a itty-bitty science fiction/fantasy section and a HUGE Christian Fiction section. I'm not making this up; the scifi/fantasy section was 1 side of 1 row and the ChristianFic section was 4 whole rows. Aside from the Left Behind books, what the hell (::snerk::) is "Christian Fiction"? ANYwho, I picked up a photography book and a couple of puzzle mags.

Howl's Moving Castle was very good, as Miazaki films tend to be. I preferred Spirited Away over this one, but this was still a highly enjoyable flick. If you're a fan of good and original animation, go see it. Bring the kids too; they'll enjoy it!

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All of the ghastly Left Behind and ALL the Much better, Thank You, C.S.Lewis, doesn't quite fill one upright section. I shudder to think with what else the section was populated. But it sounds like the general N Texas Tight-Assed Christ-Insanity. Have you shopped the Parks B&N lately?

Whatever will the tight-asses do when Tejas becomes a majority-Hispanic state?
I hope, "Move to Arkansas" enters their "minds".

Ah, but the thing about C.S. Lewis is that A) he can actually write and B) his stuff is almost completely allegorical, thereby requiring the reader to be able to grasp metaphor.

I almost never go to the Parks. The last time was earlier this month to get a birthday gift, but prior to that, I hadn't been there in more than 2 years. Besides, there's a B&N up here at I-30 and Collins that's much, much closer.

The one near here has a sizable fantasy section, what I find fascinating there is that it seems lesbians utterly dominate the gay and lesbian "genre." At least 90% of their books there are by or for lesbians!

I so loved Howl -- the animation was simply GORGEOUS!

Oh, I completely agree. Miyazaki films are always visually outstanding. I just preferred Spirited Away over this one. Poor Turniphead. :( Also, up unil the very end I thought that dog was the real king. :-p

I think the bible meets the requirements to be classified as "Christian fiction". But I'm evil, though...

No, there was a separate Bible section, which included Bible covers, bookmarks, page-a-day calendars and all the "hip and cool" editions for kids, teens, men, women, dogs, cats, and parakeets. It was still smaller than the scifi/fantasy section. :-p

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