Has anyone heard of James Patterson's Witch and Wizard ? Apparently, the beginning of a new series.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
sumi - Dec 15, 2009 4:09:04 am PST #10657 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
Fred Pete - Dec 15, 2009 5:22:02 am PST #10658 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
Would she have been such a cut throat bitch if she hadn't ever had to wonder where her next meal was coming from, if her life had had more comfort, if her Visa had never been charged up to the limit on necessities?
What Kat said -- Scarlett's coin of the realm was beaux, not money. Scarlett wanted to be her self-sacrificing, gracious mother. But anyone who'd steal all the beaux (including one of the Tarleton twins from her own sister) is going to have trouble being The Great Lady.
The real question may be, what outlet would she have found for her ambition as the wife of a plantation owner (or other upper-class man) if the War hadn't come along?
Strix - Dec 15, 2009 8:44:55 am PST #10659 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
One of Scarlett's thins was, "Oh, when I have money again, I'll be gracious like mama."
But she was never gracious like mama, even when she had money. It was always, always "I'll be lady, AFTER I have everything I want."
You can never have everything you want.
ChiKat - Dec 15, 2009 9:19:44 am PST #10660 of 28370
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
You can never have everything you want.
And Scarlett's wish list would always be a country mile long.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2009 9:30:54 am PST #10661 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, it was just too bad she was more like her father.(Although I think he was more kind-hearted and generous, but they had similar drive.) In a more peaceful South, maybe she would have gotten a calm man like Ashley and proceeded to make his life hell by doing the "power behind the throne" thing with someone who completely lacked her fire and ambition.
Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2009 11:53:31 am PST #10662 of 28370
brillig
She'd have invited all the cotton buyers to a lovely soiree, dickered the prices, robbed them blind and made they happy to be so, and she'd have arranged very good marriages for her children.
Amy - Dec 15, 2009 12:28:14 pm PST #10663 of 28370
Because books.
For those interested, GWTW is on TCM tonight, 8 p.m. EST.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2009 12:35:26 pm PST #10664 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
freaky synchronicity, huh?
Ginger - Dec 15, 2009 1:41:46 pm PST #10665 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Today is the 70th anniversary of the movie premiere in Atlanta.
Hil R. - Dec 15, 2009 1:52:32 pm PST #10666 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Somewhat random question: How important is it to you to like the characters in a book in order to like the book? I've had a few conversations lately where I've said I liked a book and someone else replied, "Oh, I hated it -- the main character was such a bitch" or "Ugh -- that main character was a horrible person." And I was kind of stuck in, "Well, yes, but they're entertaining horrible people." I can think of lots of books that I love where I'd probably strangle any of the characters if I had to actually interact with them for more than five minutes, but I still say I love the book because I love watching what happens to these horrible people or how they do their horrible stuff. In several of these cases, the person said, "I hated that character," and my response was a confused, "Were we supposed to like her?"