Oooh, new Vorkosigan book? Yay!
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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."
-t - Oct 28, 2010 1:48:12 pm PDT #12752 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hil R. - Oct 28, 2010 1:53:16 pm PDT #12753 of 28344
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just brought home The Golden Compass but I haven't opened it yet. I bet I'm going to end up disappointed at how non-controversial it turns out to be.
I read it a few years ago, and a friend's daughter started reading it a few weeks after I did. The friend, who is Catholic, asked me if there was anything in there that she should be concerned about. I told her what the plot was up to the point where I'd read, and had her read one or two pages that I thought were particularly anti-Catholic. She said that was fine for her ten-year-old to read, though she was glad to be aware of it to be able to discuss it with her. I kept up with giving her warnings on stuff as I got to it, and though there were a few parts that she thought might be too scary, I don't think there was anything that actually hit the "I don't think I want my daughter reading that" limit until the third book.
Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2010 1:54:49 pm PDT #12754 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I bet I'm going to end up disappointed at how non-controversial it turns out to be.
I didn't really see what was so controversial about it.
I don't think there was anything that actually hit the "I don't think I want my daughter reading that" limit until the third book.
But, yeah, anything that would be is in the third book.
zuisa - Oct 29, 2010 2:58:28 am PDT #12755 of 28344
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I have only read the first book (I have been meaning to get around to the next two, but I just haven't gotten a hold of them) and I definitely agree that the first book had nothing very controversial, but it is a really fantastic book.
sumi - Oct 29, 2010 4:30:26 am PDT #12756 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Interview with Rita Mae Brown - at the Chronicle of the Horse.
sumi - Oct 29, 2010 7:37:54 am PDT #12757 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Hey, Dennis Lehane has a new book coming out next week - a follow-up to Gone, Baby, Gone.
Jesse - Oct 29, 2010 8:06:21 am PDT #12758 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, really? I thought he was done with Patrick and Angela.
sj - Oct 29, 2010 8:13:37 am PDT #12759 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hey, Dennis Lehane has a new book coming out next week - a follow-up to Gone, Baby, Gone.
I have it set to download to my Kindle as soon as it comes out. I can't wait to read it.
Toddson - Oct 29, 2010 8:32:21 am PDT #12760 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
P-C, you can tell your friend Seanan that I've become a fan - I've bought the three October Daye books, plus "Feed". She owes you a toaster.
Polter-Cow - Oct 29, 2010 8:48:49 am PDT #12761 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
She owes me SO many toasters! The other night, I got a text message from a friend:
I just lost 5 hours to october daye and now i don't have the next book. I blame you.
Thanks to everyone who's been reading and buying her books. It means a lot to me that you're supporting her based on my recommendation.