Hee.
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
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."
sumi - Oct 12, 2010 9:13:19 am PDT #12616 of 28297
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy A - Oct 12, 2010 9:24:52 am PDT #12617 of 28297
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
As non-religious as I am now, one of my favorite books as a kid was The Golden Children's Bible. Nicely illustrated, and collected the Bible into easy-to-understand individual stories. Also, it was the only thing my mom would let me read during Mass until I had my First Communion, and then after that, I was stuck with just the hymnal.
juliana - Oct 12, 2010 10:01:12 am PDT #12618 of 28297
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
As non-religious as I am now, one of my favorite books as a kid was The Golden Children's Bible. Nicely illustrated, and collected the Bible into easy-to-understand individual stories.
Same here. I read that at the same time I read the Usborne Norse Myths and Legends [link] which might explain a lot about my belief system, actually.
JZ - Oct 12, 2010 10:28:23 am PDT #12619 of 28297
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, I loved my Golden Children's Bible. It turned out to be an unexpected help years later when I was an English major--sometimes I'd be the only person in a seminar of 20+ who could point to this or that element of an 18th-mid-20th century novel and say, "Oh, that's a reference to/retelling of/reaction against [insert Bible story here]." It's right up there with Shakespeare in the You don't have to like it personally, but you damn well better know the general outline of the stories if you want to get half the references and backstories in Western literature category.
Speaking of which, I still love you, Charles and Mary Lamb.
Kathy A - Oct 12, 2010 10:43:52 am PDT #12620 of 28297
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It turned out to be an unexpected help years later when I was an English major--sometimes I'd be the only person in a seminar of 20+ who could point to this or that element of an 18th-mid-20th century novel and say, "Oh, that's a reference to/retelling of/reaction against [insert Bible story here]."
Yep! It's still helpful when I watch Jeopardy.
javachik - Oct 12, 2010 12:34:26 pm PDT #12621 of 28297
Our wings are not tired.
I still have my Golden Children's Bible!! I loved it too. The stories were great.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2010 1:20:45 pm PDT #12622 of 28297
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oooh! Behemoth (sequel to Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan) is in for me at the library!
Rayne - Oct 12, 2010 2:30:40 pm PDT #12623 of 28297
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I just finished Graceling. It was okay. I liked the world that Kristin Cashore built, but felt the book dragged at some points and I had some issues with the main character. (angry much?) I also felt the book as a whole read fairly young, but being as it was a YA book, I can accept that.
I went to send a sample of the next book, Fire, to my Kindle until I saw the price - $14.99. For a YA book. Just ugh. And what's worse is the hardback is cheaper.
And speaking of Kindle prices, I love that I got into Margaret Atwood because I saw Handmaid's Tale for around $3.00 (it's not that cheap anymore unfortunately).
Anne W. - Oct 12, 2010 2:48:43 pm PDT #12624 of 28297
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oooh! Behemoth (sequel to Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan) is in for me at the library!
EEEEEE!!!
I read Leviathan this summer and LOVED it.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2010 4:23:50 pm PDT #12625 of 28297
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I *almost* was looking forward to the art in Behemoth more than the story. *Almost.*