Speaking of books that can make someone cry - the ending of The Shadow in the North just destroyed me. So much so that I really couldn't read The Tiger in the Smoke objectively, I just wanted Fred to still be alive.
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Maysa - Oct 30, 2009 7:38:34 pm PDT #10320 of 28370
Glamcookie - Oct 30, 2009 8:39:16 pm PDT #10321 of 28370
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Speaking of books that can make someone cry - the ending of The Shadow in the North just destroyed me.
Oh yeah. Tears were shed over that one, too.
Katerina Bee - Oct 31, 2009 10:39:52 am PDT #10322 of 28370
Herding cats for fun
I think I'm going to have to shelve some of my favorite books under "Cry at the Ending." Haven't read the Pullman yet, but I've got The Plague Dogs and The Incredible Journey.
I did see a "Ruby" dramatization starring Billie Piper and thought it was really good stuff.
erikaj - Oct 31, 2009 11:15:10 am PDT #10323 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Last book that made me cry was Richard Price's "Freedomland"...it ought to, it was essentially an urban recasting of the Susan Smith case.
Polter-Cow - Oct 31, 2009 11:16:15 am PDT #10324 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wasn't that made into a movie? I fell asleep.
erikaj - Oct 31, 2009 11:25:43 am PDT #10325 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
The movie got the *story* right, but didn't capture all the internal stuff or all the history of Dempsy or...which is weird, as Price is a screenwriter, and a good one. I don't know why the adaptation was so disappointing, but then I'm a Price fan also and think his writing is, to use a technical literary term, the shit.
Polter-Cow - Oct 31, 2009 11:27:15 am PDT #10326 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really liked Clockers, though. We watched that in my film class.
Now that I read the plot description, I see it was quite Wire-esque.
erikaj - Oct 31, 2009 11:30:16 am PDT #10327 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Excellent film. Very different than the book, but both are most excellent.
beth b - Oct 31, 2009 8:13:04 pm PDT #10328 of 28370
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Publishers Weekly 10 best books of the year, the list is beig slammed - no women , no small press books.
Polter-Cow - Oct 31, 2009 9:18:58 pm PDT #10329 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The only book on that list I've even heard of is Await Your Reply, which a friend recommended to me and sounds like something I'd like.