I read Glasshouse also, thanks to io9 and the library. I was all "science fiction and genderfuck, how could I not love it?" and parts of it I did, but other parts I more just wanted to smack the characters for being dumbasses.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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."
meara - Jan 26, 2010 7:26:39 am PST #10812 of 28363
Katerina Bee - Jan 26, 2010 3:42:16 pm PST #10813 of 28363
Herding cats for fun
I just lent my copy of "Parable of the Sower" to a junior college student next door. I eagerly await his thoughts about it all, because... I really cannot remember anything about the plot. Isn't that sad? All my other OEB books, yes: little bits of memory cling to their covers and remind me what I found between them. I so look forward to talking with anyone who's read some Butler.
I thought her last book would have been better if she'd lived long enough to do one last polishing of her prose, but the publisher released what she'd written anyway.
DebetEsse - Jan 26, 2010 4:11:11 pm PST #10814 of 28363
Woe to the fucking wicked.
By chance, is anyone reading Shades of Grey, the new Jasper Fforde?
erin_obscure - Jan 26, 2010 8:50:08 pm PST #10815 of 28363
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Want! (but no, have not yet read it.)
Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2010 10:16:47 pm PST #10816 of 28363
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I finished my Zombie Survival Guide/World War Z double-feature. Two undead thumbs up!
erin_obscure - Jan 27, 2010 3:29:53 am PST #10817 of 28363
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Ugh, i just finished _The Vampire Diaries_. Ugh. Can i say ugh enough? I mean, i was expectecting trash but it truly went above and beyond in the final book. Angels, Malachs and Kitsunes in a wild jumble of non-sensicle-ness, like the author did some research and just tossed in handfuls of "other" for shits and giggles. Beyond unfulfilling.
Rayne - Jan 27, 2010 5:30:54 am PST #10818 of 28363
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Oh yeah, the newest Vampire Diaries book is godawful! I've never actually flinched at wording in a book before, but when Stephan called Elena "lovey love" that's exactly what I did. I will definitely not be continuing with *that* series!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 27, 2010 7:50:12 am PST #10819 of 28363
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Those words should never be uttered except by Thurston Howell III.
erin_obscure - Jan 27, 2010 3:34:59 pm PST #10820 of 28363
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Yeah, i could deal with sacrificing herself and then coming back as a being of energy. I couldn't handle the angel rubbish. "wings of purification" my ass. Damon is no fun purified! What's the point in vampire with pure souls?!?!?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2010 5:27:22 am PST #10821 of 28363
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What's the point in vampire with pure souls?!?!?
Well it is a change from vampires with unpure, angsty souls, but that's about all.