And then I can...
I can...
I can...
Rats. I need to move to a city with some life in it.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
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."
Fred Pete - Sep 13, 2006 10:05:51 am PDT #1247 of 28135
Ann, that's a ferret.
Strega - Sep 13, 2006 10:10:14 am PDT #1248 of 28135
I managed to spend $60+ without rummaging. Dunsany! Lafferty! Authors not ending in "Y"!
Tom Scola - Sep 14, 2006 7:45:18 am PDT #1249 of 28135
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
J. K. Rowling's manuscript almost confiscated by airport security: [link]
DawnK - Sep 14, 2006 8:44:45 am PDT #1250 of 28135
giraffe mode
J. K. Rowling's manuscript almost confiscated by airport security
Spoilers are a national threat? Or the screener was a fan and just wanted to get a look at the new book? Or lame?
Seriously, when we were headed home from London, they confiscated a ziplock bag that had about 2 dozen goldfish crackers from my 10 y.o son's carry on. Reason? "It was opened" I told them it was fine, they could have them, they were probably stale as we'd had them with us for over a week. She picked them up like they were a stinky diaper (2 finger grab) and tossed them in the trash. It was very, very strange. They also held up the line to look at some of the pictures stored on my camera (they were of Fountains Abby, no bombs or anything).
EtA: To bring this back on topic, while we were on the trip I bought and read The Time Travelers Wife because you all (especially Nilly) had had such great things to say about it. It's not usually a genre I would pick up, but MAN it was good! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
QueenElizabeth - Sep 17, 2006 6:04:17 pm PDT #1251 of 28135
Hello... I am new here. Just interested in finding some good books and in possibly having some interesting discussions about them.
On my to-read pile are: The Kite Runner (can't remember the author's name) Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire Freakonomics (again, can't remember the author's name) and I've heard a lot about The Time Traveler's Wife, too, so I am planning on reading that in the future...
I'm in the midst of planning a wedding (my own) so haven't had too much time to read lately.
The only books that come to mind from the past couple months are Singer of Souls by Adam Stemple (which I hated, but will probably end up reading the sequel out of morbid curiosity) and... Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner which was a delightful piece of fluff even though I found the ending a little too contrived (in that the heroine wasn't able to figure out who the baddie was until the optimum moment of dramatic impact, even though it was pretty obvious from about the second chapter). I have the sequel, California Demon, on hold at the library.
Consuela - Sep 25, 2006 5:34:52 am PDT #1252 of 28135
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
John M. Ford, author of Growing Up Weightless and The Final Reflection and How Much For Just the Planet, is dead. What a shame.
Dana - Sep 25, 2006 5:43:23 am PDT #1253 of 28135
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Aw, man.
dcp - Sep 25, 2006 5:55:39 am PDT #1254 of 28135
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Awww.
Savor the journey, however you're going,
It's been your whole life to get there,
Someday I'll travel, without reservations,
I hope I've two coins for my fare.
>[link]
Consuela - Sep 25, 2006 7:13:52 am PDT #1255 of 28135
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Aims - Sep 26, 2006 8:36:46 am PDT #1256 of 28135
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dear Nora,
Vampires and time travel? Really?
You are lucky I love you so much.
Aimee