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?
Wesley: We're going to bring Angelus in alive. Connor: No we're not. Gunn: I thought you said capturing him wasn't an option. Wesley: Changed my mind. Connor: Change it back.
'Why We Fight'
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."
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 1:49:30 pm PDT #11140 of 28344
Because books.
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
DavidS - Mar 26, 2010 7:37:18 am PDT #11148 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So Emmett and I have been listening to all the Harry Potter audio books on our commute back and forth across the Bay. This has been a fun and cost-effective entertainment because our old car has a cassette player and I get the audiocassettes (instead of CDs) for cheap off Amazon.
But now we've finished them all and I've been looking for something new to listen to in the car, and figured he'd go for either Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. And - ta da! - what did I find at Half Price Books but the audio cassette version of The Wee Free Men for a mere $4.98. And we just started it this morning and it's great.
Though it opened with a very American voice announcing it was a HarperCollins book and Emmett snorted, "You suck! You're no Jim Dale!" He was mollified to hear Stephen Briggs' British accent come up, though.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 26, 2010 8:01:51 am PDT #11149 of 28344
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"You suck! You're no Jim Dale!"
This just made me laugh and laugh. Quite the budding aesthete isn't he?