I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie because it's nominated for an Agatha award, in the best first novel category. Interesting how behavior that annoys me in many adult protagonists works for a precocious 11 year old.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'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."
Sheryl - Apr 29, 2010 2:15:16 pm PDT #11309 of 28344
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
megan walker - Apr 29, 2010 2:29:55 pm PDT #11310 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie because it's nominated for an Agatha award, in the best first novel category. Interesting how behavior that annoys me in many adult protagonists works for a precocious 11 year old.
That was a recommendation from the Book on the Nightstand podcast I listen to and I couldn't figure out if I would hate the protagonist or not.
DawnK - Apr 29, 2010 2:46:32 pm PDT #11311 of 28344
giraffe mode
It's really a fun read, told from an 11-year-old perspective, so it's easier to "forgive" her transgressions than from an adult.
erin_obscure - Apr 29, 2010 4:39:49 pm PDT #11312 of 28344
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Under the Dome picks up significantly. I finished it a few weeks ago, but did also read over a dozen books between starting and finishing :) It was better than tommyknockers, but i wouldn't consider it literary treason to give up and not finish it.
DawnK - Apr 29, 2010 4:51:12 pm PDT #11313 of 28344
giraffe mode
Yeah I finally finished it, and it seemed as though he suddenly remembered that he had a story line that he needed to actually get to but it was a loooong time coming and sorta ass-pully at the end (moreso than usual). I felt that it just didn't need to be 1,000 pages long, it would have been a good tight story at about 500 or so and not really lost anything.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2010 5:02:21 pm PDT #11314 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I read Tommyknocker in 24 hours, and I thought I was going to die! I think it was the book that broke me of reading books only in one sittings (although I still prefer it).
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2010 5:25:22 pm PDT #11315 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Sophia -- one summer in college, I went on a total King reading binge, and I remember Tommyknockers freaking me out more than almost any of his other books. (Pet Semetary still wins on that front. While I read it, I literally turned around to check behind my chair. For what, I don't know. A reanimated cat, I guess. Or Gage.)
Volans - Apr 29, 2010 5:25:33 pm PDT #11316 of 28344
move out and draw fire
That's Donna? Wow.
I love Clockwork Couture. Aside from the fun stuff they have (most of which my DH has bought me, I think), they are so very nice. Donna is good people.
Amy - Apr 29, 2010 5:35:28 pm PDT #11317 of 28344
Because books.
Pet Semetary still wins on that front.
Oh man, that one is nightmarish.
I never read The Tommyknockers somehow. And I loved It so much, could not put it down, but then the ending annoyed the shit out of me. And after 1,000+ pages, I was pissed.
I haven't read any of his newest stuff lately -- the last King I read was Lisey's Story. Which I did like, but it took me a bit to get into it.
Atropa - Apr 29, 2010 5:43:36 pm PDT #11318 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pet Semetary still wins on that front.
Yeah, that's one King book I'm not re-reading, 'cos I like sleeping.
Speaking of not sleeping, I want to re-read Salem's Lot again.