These books are… I don’t know if I’d say terrible.
He's far too kind.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
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."
Jessica - May 25, 2010 3:43:54 am PDT #11543 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gudanov - May 25, 2010 5:19:38 am PDT #11544 of 28343
Coding and Sleeping
I just happen to be listening to Dune on my commute these days. This further validates my decision that, although I like Dune, I can skip anything other than the original book.
Toddson - May 25, 2010 11:24:35 am PDT #11545 of 28343
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I was in the local Barnes & Noble and saw "Standing Small" ... a history of Legos.
Connie Neil - May 26, 2010 6:34:46 am PDT #11546 of 28343
brillig
I was looking up Jane Aiken Hodge because I was trying to remember the title of one of her books, and I saw that she had died last year. Sad. And then I read the details.
After taking an overdose of pills the 91-year-old novelist lay in bed, alive but unconscious, for four days last month, watched by her daughters, before she finally died. Her daughter, Jessica Hodge, described yesterday the dilemma faced by the family and the “inhuman” legal position they have endured as they await a decision on whether anyone will be prosecuted.
She'd been planning it for years but hadn't mentioned it to anyone because she didn't want anyone in legal trouble.
Consuela - May 26, 2010 5:33:16 pm PDT #11547 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, that's just really sad.
Ginger - May 29, 2010 5:14:05 pm PDT #11548 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I, for one, did not feel a need for Little Women and Werewolves [link] Considering Alcott's sensational Gothic stories, she'd be far more likely to write about vampires.
beth b - May 31, 2010 8:45:44 pm PDT #11549 of 28343
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Just picked up Feed today, but DH picked it up first. So I think that means I have to read about werewolves instead of zombies ( i ahave sharp teeth in libaray book form )
Polter-Cow - May 31, 2010 9:01:36 pm PDT #11550 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sic the werewolves on the zombies!
meara - Jun 01, 2010 6:42:37 pm PDT #11551 of 28343
Just finished Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. A third of the way into it I was thinking "Why did I read these again? Good god this is awful writing!" But then I got all caught up in the drama and such, and so on.
Sad, though, that this is the last one since the writer died. I wonder what the next book would have involved (apparently he had it like, half written? And an outline for others?) Wonder if it would've involved her twin sister
DavidS - Jun 01, 2010 8:36:06 pm PDT #11552 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Apparently a good chunk of the fourth book is on his laptop and it's in dispute between his long-term girlfriend and his father and brother.
It'll come out eventually, I expect.