Just curious...Anybody a fan of Katherine Anne Porter?
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'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."
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."
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.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2010 2:01:09 pm PDT #11143 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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?
Not disappointing, and I'd call it good. It's just frustrating to try to suss out what's true and what's a lie.
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?
In a good way, but also an I-need-people-to-discuss-this-with way. Because this is a book for which I think no 2 people's readings are going to be exactly the same.
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 2:05:30 pm PDT #11144 of 28344
Because books.
I think I was posting as you were -- sorry.
It sounds possibly infuriating. I'll see if the library has it.
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2010 2:23:08 pm PDT #11145 of 28344
brillig
I want those bindings. If I were rich I'd be such a binding whore.
megan walker - Mar 24, 2010 6:04:01 am PDT #11146 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I want those bindings. If I were rich I'd be such a binding whore.
Did I mention that those books are available at Amazon for $13.50? They were created for Waterstone's in the UK and not all are available here yet, but I already pre-ordered Oliver Twist because that is my favorite cover.
beth b - Mar 25, 2010 7:25:02 pm PDT #11147 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I loved Bad Monkeys