Rayne, my favorite Atwood novel is Cat's Eye. Powerfully realistic account of the cruelty of young girls, and a great character study.
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Pix - Jul 21, 2010 11:49:08 am PDT #11769 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
megan walker - Jul 21, 2010 3:08:30 pm PDT #11770 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh, is anyone on Goodreads? I'm Shaylani on there if you want to add me.
I am. I just friended you (Goodreads is under my real name).
Connie Neil - Jul 21, 2010 3:12:41 pm PDT #11771 of 28343
brillig
sj - Jul 22, 2010 3:54:32 pm PDT #11772 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Was someone in here asking for suggestions for non-fiction audio books the other day? I just started Claire Tomalin's biography of Thomas Hardy this week, and so far I am really enjoying it. The history she provides of the period are very nice. I also really liked Bill Bryson's biography of Shakespeare.
DawnK - Jul 23, 2010 8:18:37 am PDT #11773 of 28343
giraffe mode
Jesse, I'm headed to the PO today so look for the Reacher book soon! Enjoy!
Jesse - Jul 23, 2010 8:19:12 am PDT #11774 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Woo hoo! Thanks!
sj - Jul 23, 2010 10:47:31 am PDT #11775 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Has anyone here read Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel? I just finished reading it and thought it was well written and interesting, but I noticed there were strong opinions in both directions on amazon.com.
megan walker - Jul 25, 2010 2:42:47 pm PDT #11776 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Finally finished Part 1 of Don Quixote. Yay? But I am determined to finish this thing by the next book salon meeting.
Far more entertaining was Tomorrow When the War Began, which consuela recommended to me. Totally Red Dawn meets The Outsiders, but I loved it.
Kat will be happy to hear that I also got The Last Rendez-vous and A Place of Greater Safety off of hold at the library. So I guess that once I leave Spain and Tudor England, I will be back on familiar ground in France of the long nineteenth century.
Although I was a bit dismayed that A Place of Greater Safety is even longer than Wolf Hall.
Kat - Jul 25, 2010 7:07:57 pm PDT #11777 of 28343
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Although I was a bit dismayed that A Place of Greater Safety is even longer than Wolf Hall.
HA! I've just started it. I'm about 200 pages in. I can at least keep the people separate, unlike Wolf Hall, because they have separate names. My students studied the French Revolution for acadeca this year, but I'm not really as conversant with the history as I am Tudor England. I keep feeling like people pop up that I recognize (Necker! Saint-Just!) but then the details get lost.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2010 7:32:57 pm PDT #11778 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wow. I just googled "Holy Shit Quotient" and got 12,600 hits.
That one's out in the world now, propagating itself.