These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.

Jayne ,'The Train Job'


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."


Amy - Dec 08, 2009 12:39:22 pm PST #10484 of 28370
Because books.

My niece just turned twelve and she's reading the last one now. She's completely into the whole thing. She asked if I liked the stories, and I said, "Well ... it was quite an idea, wasn't it?"

That was about as far as I could go without breaking her heart.


Atropa - Dec 08, 2009 12:42:46 pm PST #10485 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I was so tired and fuzzy last night that I re-read part of Eclipse while taking a bath last night. Because snickering and rolling my eyes makes me feel better, or something.


Strix - Dec 08, 2009 12:45:03 pm PST #10486 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

There's no shame in that, Jilli!

And I know -- I KNOW -- that if I were 13, I would eat these books up with a spoon and ask for more.

But then, I thought Jondalar was HAWT, too.


sj - Dec 08, 2009 12:47:57 pm PST #10487 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I was with a group of friends a few weeks ago who were talking about the Twilight books and movies. I mentioned how funny I found them, and I think my friends were offended. Oops.


Hil R. - Dec 08, 2009 12:49:07 pm PST #10488 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I think that, even at 13, I would have stopped liking Edward after that scene at the end of New Moon where Bella tries to walk over to Jacob and Edward grabs her and won't let her.


Hil R. - Dec 08, 2009 12:52:15 pm PST #10489 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not so sure about that. At 13, I loved Rhett Butler, and there are a few similar scenes there.


Katerina Bee - Dec 08, 2009 1:46:09 pm PST #10490 of 28370
Herding cats for fun

But then, I thought Jondalar was HAWT, too.

Heh, heh, heh, heh. My sistah! I'll freely admit that I once thought "Clan of the Cave Bear" ws the best book I'd ever read!!!!


Steph L. - Dec 08, 2009 4:32:45 pm PST #10491 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

At 13, I loved Rhett Butler, and there are a few similar scenes there.

I still love Rhett Butler, despite the rapeyness of the carry-Scarlett-up-the-staircase scene.

Hey, I own my contradictions.


Amy - Dec 08, 2009 4:34:39 pm PST #10492 of 28370
Because books.

I still love Rhett Butler, despite the rapeyness of the carry-Scarlett-up-the-staircase scene.

God, me too. But I do know that when I was younger, the scene that fascinated me was the morning after scene, trying to figure out what all those different expressions on her face could mean.


Hil R. - Dec 08, 2009 4:37:36 pm PST #10493 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I didn't see the movie until I was about 15 or 16. But I read the book at 12.