Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
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."
finally buzzing though Mockingjay. Even knowing what's going to happen, still incredibly engaging.
And someone upthread mentioned that they never explaned why Snow's breath smelled like blood. Finnick does, during his propo speech. Says that Snow poisoned so many people with shared food or drink, and sometimes the antidote didn't work fast enough, so his breath smells like blood because of the open wounds in his mouth rather anticlimactic, really.
Finally finished The Passage. Damn, that was long. Not particularly slow-moving, but unnecessarily long. I liked it a lot. I was disatisfied with things that weren't resolved in the end, until I realized it was a trilogy. Now I'm just disatisfied that I can't seem to avoid trilogies.
I felt the same way, megan. Also, though I loved the story in general, I can't really recall any of the characters in particular, except the Amy and possibly Sara. I think somewhere in all those pages, Cronin could have done a better job describing and contrasting the cast. That's especially true compared to Hunger Games trilogy where every character is drawn pretty well and is distinct from the others. It's almost as though Cronin's is a long movie treatment and he's hoping the casting and director will complete the characters.
(I am distracting myself from the fact that Wilson needs one more out to close out this frakking nerve-wracking play-off game.)
(I am distracting myself from the fact that Wilson needs one more out to close out this frakking nerve-wracking play-off game.)
Feel free to come join my nail biting in Natter.
I started The Passage and was enjoying it but then got distracted by the new Gail Carriger and never got back to it. (But I could. . . if only it were a less heavy book to carry on the bus. .. )
Cronin's is a long movie treatment and he's hoping the casting and director will complete the characters.
Ridley Scott has the film rights, so good luck with that.
if only it were a less heavy book to carry on the bus...
Yeah, I was carrying it on my stairway walk today and that became old real fast.
Hmmm, news from NYCC - GRRM is really, truly almost done with A Dance with Dragons.
I might be raising my child wrong.
We've started reading the Narnia books, and Mal's way into them. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is the first book he's let me read to him, without trying to make up the story himself. So that's good.
But while he recognized Tumnus as a Faun from the description, and is down with Dryads and dwarves and witches, he has no idea why the human kids are called "Sons of Adam" or "Daughters of Eve."
Reading - it's educational for everybody.
But while he recognized Tumnus as a Faun from the description, and is down with Dryads and dwarves and witches, he has no idea why the human kids are called "Sons of Adam" or "Daughters of Eve."
Bwahahaha!
Dylan might have trouble there too, now that I think about it. Not that I'm in any hurry for him to read the Narnia books anyway - they were never favorites of mine.
Hahaha, don't worry Raq, i was raised Christian and still took a few days before that reference "clicked" and i realised that the story was going all biblical on me. (No one had warned me that CS Lewis was writing xian propaganda, i just came across the books while babysitting.)