I just finishes reading Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby. Any of you read it? I loved his take on internet culture.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
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."
Kat - Mar 02, 2010 8:57:36 pm PST #11005 of 28348
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Scrappy - Mar 03, 2010 6:51:29 am PST #11006 of 28348
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jason just finished it and liked it a lot. It's next on my list after I finish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Kate P. - Mar 03, 2010 9:48:35 am PST #11007 of 28348
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read it recently and liked it a lot (and I blogged about it for work). One of my favorite things about Hornby's books is that he understands the nature of fannish behavior extremely well, so he's able to depict it with compassion and a knowing wink, but also to poke fun at it and point out its darker side without coming across as saying "Fans are straight-up crazy."
Toddson - Mar 03, 2010 9:51:23 am PST #11008 of 28348
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I don't know if this would be the right thread, but I hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere else on the board - Dick Francis died last week.
erikaj - Mar 03, 2010 9:51:35 am PST #11009 of 28348
Always Anti-fascist!
He can because he is such a fanboy.
Kat - Mar 03, 2010 1:01:38 pm PST #11010 of 28348
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kate, I think that's exactly some of the appeal. One of the things I was really struck with was how Duncan allowed Tucker to see his work more distinctly even though Duncan himself was often so wrongheaded and off target on so many things generally.
Gudanov - Mar 04, 2010 8:02:58 am PST #11011 of 28348
Coding and Sleeping
I finished The Golden Compass audiobook not too long ago, and I have to say that it was a great "read" and an awesome audiobook production. It had a cast instead of a single narrator and they were great at doing the voices.
Tom Scola - Mar 04, 2010 2:58:19 pm PST #11012 of 28348
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Film rights for Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter sold: [link]
Java cat - Mar 04, 2010 4:10:24 pm PST #11013 of 28348
Not javachik
Every now and then, there's a perfect marriage of book material to reader (of books on CD). Joe Mantegna reading Robert B. Parker books is such perfection. There are a few; they are all excellent. The man deserves a Grammy for his work.
erin_obscure - Mar 04, 2010 11:47:20 pm PST #11014 of 28348
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I fracking love the woman who does the vocal recordings for the Thursday Next series. She really works it nicely.