Even the Jack Reacher books have gotten a little silly I think--I was explaining them to MeganWalker the other day and his whole schtick with not carrying even a bag etc? Yeahhh. I mean at least he supposedly has a bank account and ATM card these days...
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
meara - Jul 06, 2010 5:12:32 pm PDT #11671 of 28343
Consuela - Jul 06, 2010 5:59:00 pm PDT #11672 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I finally read N.K. Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms today, and even though in many ways it's the kind of book I don't like (it's about gods, most of the characters are unpleasant, the world-building is kind of glossed-over, and sex is RLY IMPORTNT), I actually enjoyed it a lot. It's compulsively readable, with some great mysteries you want the answers to, it's quite well-written, and there are some really vivid moments.
And the sequel is more about ordinary people than the elite, so I'm looking forward to that.
beth b - Jul 06, 2010 7:58:10 pm PDT #11673 of 28343
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I read U of the Grafton books and thought it was really good -- far better than the last few.
I read the Stephanie Pkum books, but I take them out of the library after they fall off the hold list and really -- joe is all macho , but he wants a home / family and likes all your gofiness. Ranger might be really sexy, but he uses sex to humiliate/control her.
Hil R. - Jul 06, 2010 8:28:14 pm PDT #11674 of 28343
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
One for "sentences in old books that make me blink," from Anne of Windy Poplars:
She just loves church work and would be perfectly happy attending Ladies' Aids and Missionary Societies, planning for church suppers and Welcome socials, not to speak of exulting proudly in being the possessor of the finest wandering-jew in town.
(After a bit of googling, I'm pretty sure the "wandering-jew" she means is the plant.)
Jesse - Jul 07, 2010 3:04:08 am PDT #11675 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Even the Jack Reacher books have gotten a little silly I think--I was explaining them to MeganWalker the other day and his whole schtick with not carrying even a bag etc? Yeahhh. I mean at least he supposedly has a bank account and ATM card these days...
Sure, but that's the premise! If you didn't like it in the first one, it doesn't really get worse. And without it, you don't get the scene in the one in Vegas (??) where his crew get their rooms ransacked, and he gets his toothbrush broken. Awesome.
DawnK - Jul 07, 2010 7:08:03 am PDT #11676 of 28343
giraffe mode
Jesse, have you read 61 Hours yet? The beginning is typical Reacher but the end was pretty exciting. New book in Sept too.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2010 7:19:57 am PDT #11677 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I haven't -- I'm always slow on the uptake, since I won't buy hardcover.
DawnK - Jul 07, 2010 7:22:41 am PDT #11678 of 28343
giraffe mode
Do you want my copy? I won't reread it but am helpless to resist getting my hands on them when they come out. I usually end up giving them to Goodwill or setting them on the "to be sold" shelf, but it's getting full.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2010 7:27:28 am PDT #11679 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously? I'd love it!
DawnK - Jul 07, 2010 7:29:24 am PDT #11680 of 28343
giraffe mode
You bet! Shoot me your mailing address and I'll get it off to you. May not be until mid-July because we're leaving for Hawaii on Sunday, but if I can work in the PO before then I will.