I have joined the proud ranks of the Holders of Library Cards and also picked up a copy of The Intuitionist. Productivity galore.
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
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.
***SPOILER ALERT***
-t - Aug 02, 2004 12:50:15 pm PDT #352 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
libkitty - Aug 02, 2004 2:37:22 pm PDT #353 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Congratulations -t! Library card holders of the 'verse, unite!
I'm still at the slow part that someone mentioned, and am having some difficulty figuring out the world...real or not, time period, etc. I live in the hope that things will come together a bit soon. Because I'm having a hard time seeing: "When the description starts out 'Two warring factions in the Department of Elevator Instructors,' how can you go wrong?" I would love to say more, but suppose that having a full-blown discussion of the book at this point, when I haven't even read half and am not to the date, would be wrong. So, I forbear.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2004 2:41:26 pm PDT #354 of 3301
brillig
I'll probably have to bow out of this first round, because I can't find a copy of the book. Which just means I have more time to re-read "Asher Lev," which I already have a copy of.
Polter-Cow - Aug 02, 2004 3:20:01 pm PDT #355 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
libkitty, think of it as an alternate universe. It makes things easier.
Which just means I have more time to re-read "Asher Lev," which I already have a copy of.
I'm nearly halfway through, and I'm really liking it. Good pick, Heather.
libkitty - Aug 02, 2004 4:16:51 pm PDT #356 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
P-C, that's kind of where I was going, but I just wasn't sure. Thanks for confirming that at least I am not all alone.
Lyra Jane - Aug 02, 2004 6:50:42 pm PDT #357 of 3301
Up with the sun
Connie, are you in Salt Lake City, or am I confused? It does show up in the SLC library online catalogue.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2004 7:44:33 pm PDT #358 of 3301
brillig
I am in Utah, but I'm in Provo, which is a half-hour drive from Salt Lake--at Western speeds, which means 60 mph is for wimps. I don't know if the Provo library system is hooked in to the Salt Lake system. Yes, it's only laziness that keeps me from checking.
Laura - Aug 03, 2004 3:25:56 am PDT #359 of 3301
Our wings are not tired.
Check connie! I for one would love to see you here for the first round. I ordered a used one for $2.50, but it has been 12 days and I still haven't got it. The seller promises it is in the mail. Pacing.
-t - Aug 03, 2004 5:00:04 am PDT #360 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You still have time, connie and Laura (and anyone else who hasn't started reading yet). I'm finding the actual page/hr reading speed pretty fast, though there is a kind of dreamlike quality to the writing that gives the illusion of slowness.
And I'm also finding the setting a little confusing, libkitty. Reserving judgement on P-C's suggestion until completion.
Wolfram - Aug 03, 2004 5:16:33 am PDT #361 of 3301
Visilurking
I've been going through the book at a pretty fair pace. Unfortunately my cheating heart makes me read other stuff at the same time, and since I started The Intuitionist I've completed the latest Jeffrey Deaver, Terry Pratchett, and Stephen King novels, and I'm forcing myself to wait on 3 Alan Moore graphic novels (League 2, Killing Joke and From Hell), and House of Sleep all recently redeemed from on hold at the library. Part of the problem is that we have so long until the deadline that I wanted to pace it out so I finish it right before discussion time.
And I am finding the concept of the (spoiler for end of part 1) black box very cool.