Um. Did I mention work is slow right now, and I'm working from home today?
Now I just need to not succumb to the temptation to turn to the back of the book and see how it ends. No matter how much I want to know if Certain Issues have been resolved.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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."
Atropa - Aug 30, 2010 1:53:48 pm PDT #12232 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2010 2:17:43 pm PDT #12233 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tim just picked it up off the couch and asked, "Is this another one of the steampunk books?"
"Steampunk with werewolves and vampires and a soulless hotblooded lady who is married to a werewolf and she is inexplicably knocked up but allegedly shouldn't be and was therefore put out of the castle by her werewolf hubby for being a whooooooooooore and did I mention the awesome crossdressing inventor French lady?!?"
"...I may want to read that."
t edit Oh, and he looked at the octopus on the spine of the book and asked, "There's no tentacle porn, is there?"
"How could there be room for it, after all of that, PLUS dirigibles?!?" exclaimed I.
flea - Aug 30, 2010 2:21:32 pm PDT #12234 of 28333
information libertarian
I had a reference question chat about Mockingjay today (wanting to know how soon "on order" meant; answer, whenever they send it.) Thanks to you all I knew how important this question was!
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2010 2:26:47 pm PDT #12235 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The real reason I came to Literary was not to post about Blameless, but to echo what was in the header of the Slate discussion about the books: SRSLY, why no sex in The Hunger Games? You have 24 hormonal teenagers who think they're ABOUT TO DIE.
I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but come on. THERE WOULD BE FUCKING. And I don't just mean Katniss and Peeta (actually, Peeta always struck me as a little flabby and unappealing, and I don't know why, because obviously he was in decent enough shape to survive the damn first Games). I mean alla them teenagers.
Maybe not Rue.
(Edited to not spoil. Sorry!)
sj - Aug 30, 2010 2:33:07 pm PDT #12236 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but come on.THERE WOULD BE FUCKING. And I don't just mean Katniss and Peeta (actually, Peeta always struck me as a little flabby and unappealing, and I don't know why, because obviously he was in decent enough shape to survive the damn first Games). I mean alla them teenagers.
I'm only in the second book, but I have been thinking that too. There's no sex in the 3rd book either? In the second book when they lie about the pregnancy, I wondered for a second if there was sex and we just weren't told about it.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2010 2:34:47 pm PDT #12237 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ack, I should whitefont that. Sorry.
If I go back and whitefont it, sj, will you whitefont the relevant parts of yours?
sj - Aug 30, 2010 2:37:17 pm PDT #12238 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, done. No worries about spoiling me. I'd rather know now on that one.
Atropa - Aug 30, 2010 4:00:33 pm PDT #12239 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
On page 196 of Blameless. Eeeee!
Rayne - Aug 30, 2010 4:06:02 pm PDT #12240 of 28333
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Is Soulless the first in a trilogy? Or the first in an on-going series?
Atropa - Aug 30, 2010 4:34:20 pm PDT #12241 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Soulless was going to be the first in a trilogy, from what I understand. But I know that there's a 4th book in the works.