I want the one with Templeton, whom I adore. (Which probably says unflattering things about me.)
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
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."
Barb - Sep 24, 2010 7:53:03 am PDT #12448 of 28326
“Not dead yet!”
Scrappy - Sep 24, 2010 8:23:25 am PDT #12449 of 28326
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh my god, I would kill for one of those.
Amy - Sep 24, 2010 8:28:45 am PDT #12450 of 28326
Because books.
I always liked Templeton, too. God, I want to read the book again now.
I really like the drawing of Fern sitting while Wilbur sniffs out his new house.
Kathy A - Sep 24, 2010 8:55:14 am PDT #12451 of 28326
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
If the Williams illustrations for the Little House books ever go up for auction, I'd just have to do something to get my hands on one of those.
megan walker - Sep 26, 2010 6:13:29 am PDT #12452 of 28326
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As someone whose memory often fails, I found this essay comforting: The Plot Escapes Me.
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2010 6:31:51 am PDT #12453 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan, I came across a book sale on the street yesterday, and I found some old copies of Don Quixote in Spanish and thought of you. They were 30 Euros, or I would have picked one up for kicks.
megan walker - Sep 26, 2010 6:35:03 am PDT #12454 of 28326
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Fun! Despite the pickpocket, I hope you're enjoying yourself.
Amy - Sep 26, 2010 8:44:45 am PDT #12455 of 28326
Because books.
As someone whose memory often fails, I found this essay comforting: The Plot Escapes Me.
Oh god, me too.
javachik - Sep 27, 2010 10:52:06 am PDT #12456 of 28326
Our wings are not tired.
I just want you guys to know that it's all your fault and also to thank you.
I'd never even heard of "Hunger Games" before Pix Tweeted or Facebooked about it so I downloaded the sample to the Kindle before my Philly trip. And then, imagine the horror of reading the sample on the plane in the first few minutes of flight and not being able to download the book right away! So I loaded it as soon as I touched ground, and read it every minute that I wasn't in workshops on Wednesday and Thursday. Steve got to Philly Thursday afternoon, so since I hadn't seen him in three months, I was kind and didn't load "Catching Fire" right away. (Man, the sacrifices I make...)
So yesterday I loaded "Catching Fire" and read it on the plane home. So tonight will be "Mockingjay" and the I can finally go back and read all of your comments! I've been reading the series in a total vaccuum (I don't like knowing anyone else's opinions - not friends nor pros - on anything I read or see before taking it all in myself.)
One thing I'll say, this is the way I watched "The Wire", night after night of DVD marathons. And like then, I am so grateful to not have had to wait the year between stories like y'all did!!
Laga - Sep 27, 2010 3:32:39 pm PDT #12457 of 28326
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I read "Hunger Games" in four hours and I'm waiting for "Catching Fire" through ILL. Is this the most graphically violent YA series ever written? My library has it classified as SF, not YA.