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Eeee, Blameless was great! And oh, Lord Akeldama is now the potentate of the Shadow Council, and Biffy is a werewolf. ZOMG!
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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 6:02:27 pm PDT #12243 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Kat - Aug 30, 2010 9:41:44 pm PDT #12244 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just finished Mockingjay. Apparently I read the second book too long ago because there was a lot referenced to it that I was like, "What was up with the berries again?"
ooops.
I totally agree with you on the gratuitousness of some of the deaths. What the fuck? There is no place for hope or joy in Katniss's life. Ever. And when she made Gale a Go-fucking-kill-em-all soldier boy I just sort of stopped caring about the "tension" wrt the relationship. I like knowing how things ended, but I can't imagine liking the book on its own merits.
Kat - Aug 30, 2010 9:42:26 pm PDT #12245 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
From the slate article this is so true:
Mockingjay sated me, but it didn't satisfy me.
Polter-Cow - Aug 30, 2010 10:53:23 pm PDT #12246 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
She said she'll stop at five. We'll see. And she's planning a YA series set in the same world that, if I recall correctly, is in the past and focuses on Alexia's dad. Or something.
sumi - Aug 31, 2010 4:21:09 am PDT #12247 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
Huh. Alexia's Dad when he was a teen?
Polter-Cow - Aug 31, 2010 6:28:22 am PDT #12248 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I may be conflating some things she said. It may be that we're going to learn more about her dad in the fourth or fifth books, and the YA series is about a girl unconnected to the Tarabottis. When she told us, she wasn't supposed to since it hadn't been officially announced yet, so we weren't supposed to spread it, but that was back in April, so I presume there's been an announcement of some sort made by now.
Volans - Aug 31, 2010 7:26:52 am PDT #12249 of 28333
move out and draw fire
This is random, but made me miss reading Nancy Drews: [link]
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Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2010 7:27:22 am PDT #12250 of 28333
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Raq, I knew what you were talking about even before I hovered over your link.
sj - Aug 31, 2010 9:25:22 am PDT #12251 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just finished Catching Fire. There was so much HSQ at the end; if I didn't have to leave right now to pick up this weeks CSA, I would already be reading Mockingjay. I'm glad I decided to wait and read them all at once.
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2010 9:33:28 am PDT #12252 of 28333
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm glad I decided to wait and read them all at once.
Yeah, I sort of wished I'd reread the first two before picking up Mockingjay. In fact, a reread of book one, at least, may be in my future...