Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!

Giles ,'Never Leave Me'


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."


Sparky1 - Sep 05, 2006 2:43:11 pm PDT #1186 of 28134
Librarian Warlord

Hil, there are copies in university libraries all over. RLIN didn't like when I searched by title, but when I used the publisher "American League for a Free Palestine" and "flag" as a title word, a bunch of entries came up.


Hil R. - Sep 05, 2006 3:07:53 pm PDT #1187 of 28134
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Thanks, Sparky! I hadn't even thought of libraries.

Hmm. None of the libraries in the Washington Region catalog have it. I'll talk to my university librarian about ILL or something. (Although I just remembered that I'm not allowed to take out books because I have too many fines. I should probably take care of that before trying to find this.)


erikaj - Sep 10, 2006 2:22:53 pm PDT #1188 of 28134
Always Anti-fascist!

Ok, so if I'm "the new guy" in a book group, and they want my suggestions, how much me should go into that? Should I know the book well? Not at all?


sj - Sep 11, 2006 7:28:31 am PDT #1189 of 28134
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Does anyone have a good recommendation for books dealing with 19th century American history? Teacup Guy's birthday is coming up. He is currently reading a biography on Theodore Roosevelt and think he is interested on reading more about that era.


Jesse - Sep 11, 2006 7:33:26 am PDT #1190 of 28134
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ok, so if I'm "the new guy" in a book group, and they want my suggestions, how much me should go into that? Should I know the book well? Not at all?

In my book club, we try to pick books that no one else has read before. For me, I'd just as soon suggest something that I've heard is good, but don't know too much about -- if everyone hates it, it's not really my fault. If you see what I'm saying.


megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 7:33:29 am PDT #1191 of 28134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Has he read The Alienist? If not, that would be a good fiction read (old NY, early Teddy Roosevelt) for him.


Scrappy - Sep 11, 2006 7:36:28 am PDT #1192 of 28134
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Low Life, by Luc Sante, is FASCINATING and a cracking good read. It's an overview of the crime and vice of that era and is one of my favorite books. [link]


megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 7:41:23 am PDT #1193 of 28134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Low Life, by Luc Sante, is FASCINATING and a cracking good read. It's an overview of the crime and vice of that era and is one of my favorite books. [link]
Oooh, that sounds way better than Five Points by Tyler Anbinder, which I would definitely not recommend. Boring.


sj - Sep 11, 2006 7:43:02 am PDT #1194 of 28134
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Has he read The Alienist? If not, that would be a good fiction read (old NY, early Teddy Roosevelt) for him.

I was hoping for more of a non-fiction history book, but that sounds good. New York in that era is definitely what he is interested in.


megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 7:45:36 am PDT #1195 of 28134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Was he reading the Edmund Morris TR biography? Because that's in the TBR stack on my table (not to be confused with the TBR stack by the bed). Should it be upgraded to bed status?