OH MAN! If you have not read Christine Falls, you absolutely should. Very very enjoyable.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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 - Apr 20, 2010 3:03:32 pm PDT #11278 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Consuela - Apr 20, 2010 4:59:04 pm PDT #11279 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just finished Karen Healey's Guardian of the Dead, which is a really good YA fantasy, with a not-thin girl lead doing things her own way and looking out for her asexual best friend. Also, it's set in New Zealand and relies heavily on Maori mythology.
Which is why it's so strange she's had several reviewers announce the novel is set in Australia. Do people honestly not know the difference?
Steph L. - Apr 23, 2010 1:11:25 pm PDT #11280 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Skulduggery Pleasant book 4: holy crap. They just keep getting darker and darker, much like the Harry Potter books did.
Good stuff. Dawn, do you have it yet?
DawnK - Apr 23, 2010 1:50:20 pm PDT #11281 of 28344
giraffe mode
Ohhhh man, I cannot WAIT! My bro finally sent it to my mom's house, the kids were there, the 18 y.o. took it out of the box 'o stuff (thankfully she left the Cadbury Dairy Milk buttons alone!)so she could read it last week during spring break. She finished it in 2 days, and gave it to my 13 y.o. instead of me, and frankly, it's hard enough to get him to read, so I'll let it slide... she just keeps saying "ooooh mom, just wait" I think if he's not done with it this weekend, I'm gonn repo it...
Steph L. - Apr 23, 2010 2:32:47 pm PDT #11282 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"ooooh mom, just wait"
She's right.
DawnK - Apr 23, 2010 2:41:49 pm PDT #11283 of 28344
giraffe mode
Now I want to steal it back from the boy tonight!
DawnK - Apr 23, 2010 3:03:04 pm PDT #11284 of 28344
giraffe mode
Oh and Steph, did you know that the 5th (Mortal Coil) book will be out in the UK in September? Fabulous!
Steph L. - Apr 23, 2010 3:06:39 pm PDT #11285 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh and Steph, did you know that the 5th (Mortal Coil) book will be out in the UK in September? Fabulous!
I saw that! Excellent!
DebetEsse - Apr 26, 2010 10:49:49 am PDT #11286 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
So, a student of mine wrote a summary of The Outsiders. It was fine, except for the summary of the ending, which claims that Ponyboy decided to write his theme on Gone with the Wind, focusing on the idea "stay golden".
This, if you have not read the book, is Clearly Wrong, and I'm not sure where said student came up with this idea, as it doesn't seem to be one of those "watched the movie" errors. Any ideas?
eta: Nevermind, I found it. It's a significant mis-reading of the last chapter of the book. le sigh.
Strix - Apr 26, 2010 10:56:33 am PDT #11287 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I "discovered" an author, Ariana Franklin, who writes historicals -- kind of medieval CSI mysteries with a touch of romance. There are some inaccuracies, but I am ignoring them, as I read Mistress of the Art of Death last night, and quite liked it.
I have the second book in that series, and she's written several others. She has good characterization, and a lovely, wry, dry wit.