I have a mad, undying, and unexplainable love for Valley of the Dolls .
She just... she just did the math.
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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Lilty Cash - Jul 13, 2004 6:17:15 pm PDT #114 of 3301
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
erikaj - Jul 13, 2004 6:18:36 pm PDT #115 of 3301
Always Anti-fascist!
You know I'm not going to be happy unless I recommend Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets. Independent of my passion for the show, it really has changed my perception of what non-fiction journalism can be. Seriously.
Scrappy - Jul 13, 2004 6:21:01 pm PDT #116 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That's a brilliant book, Erika!
Typo Boy - Jul 13, 2004 6:21:40 pm PDT #117 of 3301
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
As Kurt Vonnegut says, Valley of the Dolls is a book with it's "ups and downs, ups and downs".
erikaj - Jul 13, 2004 6:27:51 pm PDT #118 of 3301
Always Anti-fascist!
I thought so. But I'm the kind of sick person who would actually try to keep track of Rules One-Nine, so they had me at "Gimme a quarter." It is way, way, better written than any other book about crime, ever. If Simon wrote faster...and the whole TV thing hadn't happened, he could send Ann Rule back to the suicide hotline. As a client.
DavidS - Jul 13, 2004 7:17:20 pm PDT #119 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Woo, glad I caught up before the lists were entirely set.
I'll have to mull over some suggestions for the list.
I wonder if we could do a Select the Selector every fourth book or so. It intrigues me as an idea. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation. We can build our own traditions. I think it might be a good way to keep people involved, enthusiastic and add some wildcard elements.
JenP - Jul 13, 2004 7:20:57 pm PDT #120 of 3301
I wonder if we could do a Select the Selector every fourth book or so. It intrigues me as an idea. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation. We can build our own traditions. I think it might be a good way to keep people involved, enthusiastic and add some wildcard elements.
Agreeing muchly.
DavidS - Jul 13, 2004 7:26:48 pm PDT #121 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It'll be fun - after we finish a three book cycle, we'll spin a large virtual wheel and somebody gets to be The Boss Of Us that month (at least as far as reading matter).
"Bwahahahhaha! You'll all read Ethan Frome and you'll LIKE IT!"
Okay, it goes without saying MM is right out.
Kathy A - Jul 13, 2004 7:27:39 pm PDT #122 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Very cool idea!! Also, I love the suggestion upthread of pairing up books. A suggestion for two relatively recent selections, one fiction and one non-fiction (the non-fiction author got the idea of the book from reading the fiction one)--The Alienist by Caleb Carr and The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. The first is a wonderfully creepy serial killer book set in 1890s NYC, with real people fictionalized and intermingling with the original characters. The second has parallel storylines, one dealing with Daniel Burnham, architect and organizer of the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the other with a serial killer who actually did transform his hotel on the outskirts of the fair into a death factory, where he killed an unknown number of women.
Amy - Jul 13, 2004 7:35:44 pm PDT #123 of 3301
Because books.
The Alienist by Caleb Carr and The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
I love this pairing. I've been wanting to read The Alienist again, and a friend just finished The Devil in the White City and said it was fascinating.
Maybe pairings should be stretched over two months, though? I'm usually a fast reader, but with a baby under eight months, not so much at the moment. And I hate the idea of skimming to keep up.