You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


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."


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]


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...


Volans - Aug 31, 2010 11:11:27 am PDT #12253 of 28333
move out and draw fire

Raq, I knew what you were talking about even before I hovered over your link

We're frequenting the same corners of the internets again!


Typo Boy - Aug 31, 2010 12:12:43 pm PDT #12254 of 28333
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

"Glimpses" is available online. A book I really loved when it first came out:

Here is the boing boing link which includes a decent description:

[link]

Here is the direct pdf link: [link]

Not sure that Cory is right when he says it has a rock n' roll attitude. The book, in spite of melodramatic seems, has a fair amount of quite meloncholy and understatement which I don't associate with a rock n' roll attitude (not that there are not classic rock n' roll songs which use those things, but not I think the core rock n' roll attitude.) But still this is a book to marvel at, and I think is truly in love with the music. I wonder if Hec ever read it, and if so what he thinks of it.


Polter-Cow - Aug 31, 2010 12:33:37 pm PDT #12255 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Buffistas, I have discovered your newest desire: Postertext.

Hang your favorite book on the wall with the book's text, arranged to depict a memorable scene from the book!