The new Waters is v. Gothic; I quite enjoyed reading it up late one night this winter.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In 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."
Strix - Apr 09, 2010 4:49:28 am PDT #11227 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
megan walker - Apr 09, 2010 5:46:38 am PDT #11228 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I enjoyed both of those books so much, megan. I loved how what was set up as the abuse in the first book was not what I had anticipated. And I love how fierce Liz is.
I love how I completely misread the opening scene of the second book. I think Liz is a little too good to be true, but it's great to have such a strong female character. Which is true about The Hunger Games as well.
I'm excited to read the Sarah Waters as well, but I have The Help and a few others to get through first.
I'm just so excited that I've gotten into reading fiction in a serious way again.
Gris - Apr 09, 2010 6:22:33 am PDT #11229 of 28344
Hey. New board.
I've started the sequel to The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and so far it is lovely. I could read any number of books in this protagonist's voice.
Kate P. - Apr 09, 2010 7:26:42 am PDT #11230 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last week. I enjoyed it, but didn't feel particularly compelled to pick up the second book, especially since the first one ended with like 100 pages of Mikael's vendetta against Wennerstrom, which was not nearly as interesting to me as the story about the Vanger family. If I liked the Lisbeth parts more than the Mikael parts, should I give the second book a shot?
DawnK - Apr 09, 2010 7:38:47 am PDT #11231 of 28344
giraffe mode
Kate, I would say yes. The focus of the second book is much differnt (more on Lisbeth)
Kate P. - Apr 09, 2010 7:47:44 am PDT #11232 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Thanks, Dawn! That's good to know.
meara - Apr 09, 2010 8:25:02 am PDT #11233 of 28344
Totally agreed--I liked the second book more, and it's more Lisbeth, I felt. I'm looking forward to the third book (...at some point. I figure I'll pick it up in an airport somewhere when it's in paperback and I'm all desperate for something to read and go "Oooh! I can read THAT! Yes!")
megan walker - Apr 09, 2010 8:27:52 am PDT #11234 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The second book was just way more developed, character-wise and plot-wise, which is often the case I think, but weird in Larsson's case since my understanding is he didn't submit them to a publisher until he had all three.
Toddson - Apr 09, 2010 12:59:59 pm PDT #11235 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For DCistas: Turning the Page. Cheap books, money to a good cause. I just have to keep myself from buying back the books I gave them ....
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2010 10:24:46 pm PDT #11236 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!