We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal ,'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."


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 23, 2010 6:08:19 am PDT #11133 of 28344
"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

In the way every dark cloud having a sparkly lining, if Meyer hadn't written her craptastic books we'd never have gotten these:

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Barb - Mar 23, 2010 11:03:26 am PDT #11134 of 28344
“Not dead yet!”

Post-apoc retelling of Persuasion sold yesterday. It's by Killer Unicorn Girl.

Kill. Me. Now.


Toddson - Mar 23, 2010 11:27:34 am PDT #11135 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

sigh ... I got a coupon from Barnes & Noble in email - the subject line promised 40% off. So I eagerly opened the message, had to scroll past all kinds of stuff, and found ut that the coupon WAS for 40% off ... on anything from their Twilight Collection.


Steph L. - Mar 23, 2010 1:38:59 pm PDT #11136 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Okay, I've finished Justine Larbalestier's Liar. Anyone else read it?

I don't know what to think.


Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2010 1:46:19 pm PDT #11137 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Hm, that sounds like something I'd like. I heart unreliable narrators.


DavidS - Mar 23, 2010 1:46:34 pm PDT #11138 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Just curious...Anybody a fan of Katherine Anne Porter?


Steph L. - Mar 23, 2010 1:48:38 pm PDT #11139 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Hm, that sounds like something I'd like. I heart unreliable narrators.

It's unreliable upon unreliable. It starts out with the narrator saying that she's a liar, but she wants to tell the truth now, no really. So everything she says is a potential lie. It makes my head hurt.


Amy - Mar 23, 2010 1:49:30 pm PDT #11140 of 28344
Because books.

I've been meaning to pick it up, Steph, because I read a few different blogs about the cover controversy. Haven't yet, though.

Disappointing? Not good?


Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2010 1:52:11 pm PDT #11141 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It starts out with the narrator saying that she's a liar, but she wants to tell the truth now, no really. So everything she says is a potential lie. It makes my head hurt.

In a good way?

I've been wanting to read Bad Monkeys for a while, which is similar, I think.


megan walker - Mar 23, 2010 1:53:20 pm PDT #11142 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I came across these gorgeous editions while looking for Dickens on Amazon and now find myself ordering books I'm not even sure I would buy otherwise.