Polter-Cow "Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear." Jan 12, 2010 10:01:36 am PST
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2010 11:48:46 am PDT #11561 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 11:49:12 am PDT #11562 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And how come none of you told me about Android Karenina ?
We did.
I know this doubly, because P-C chastised me when I forgot he'd mentioned it before me.
Volans - Jun 04, 2010 11:50:18 am PDT #11563 of 28343
move out and draw fire
is chastened
How did I miss that?
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2010 11:51:07 am PDT #11564 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It was a blip. I assume it's just come out? Or is coming out? Now there will be more talk about it. Maybe.
Ouise - Jun 05, 2010 4:09:45 am PDT #11565 of 28343
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Back to the gothy YA, I strongly recommend a writer I just discovered for myself, Nina Kiriki Hoffman. I've read three of her books, and have requested everything the library has by her. There's a lovely delicacy about her writing that I particularly like.
The one that made me think of the gothy YA request was A Stir of Bones, which has a sentient house and a Victorian ghost boy.
Strix - Jun 05, 2010 4:29:27 am PDT #11566 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, Jilli. I tried to read the Ellen Streiber YA vampire novel, the first one, and my dear, I just couldn't get through it.
I kept trying to like it, but I just couldn't. I thought it was...kinda awful.
ION, I am rereading "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and I find it so compelling every time. Complex, but worth it. Political, literary, historical...she has a memoir out that I really would like to read,
sumi - Jun 05, 2010 6:48:39 am PDT #11567 of 28343
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, man. I read Hunger Games and it's sequel in about 2 days this week. Less probably since I did work and sleep. Why did I think that the 3rd book was already out? Why???!!!
Anyway, I've preordered Mockingjay and cannot wait for it.
I'm so happy that so many of you guys read and talked about Hunger Games. I don't think I would have heard of it otherwise.
megan walker - Jun 05, 2010 7:55:54 am PDT #11568 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's sad, I check the library every other day to see if the 3rd volume is in the catalog yet.
Atropa - Jun 07, 2010 1:21:36 pm PDT #11569 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, Jilli. I tried to read the Ellen Streiber YA vampire novel, the first one, and my dear, I just couldn't get through it.
It's okay, I understand. It is not everyone's sugary cup of tea. I think part of the reason I adored it is that I see a lot of Wee!Jilli in Raven.
Volans - Jun 07, 2010 2:38:17 pm PDT #11570 of 28343
move out and draw fire
NPR reviewed two vampire books today - The Passage and Blood Oath - and gave them both good marks. The premise of Passage sounds only vaguely vampirey (more contagion than anything), while Blood Oath just sounds goofy.
Still, I'll probably read both of them.