The November book club book is The Book Thief. So far I am not warming to the style. It's nice to have a reason to keep reading and if it turns out I never liked the book, more fun to discuss.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Laga - Nov 04, 2010 8:30:33 am PDT #12836 of 28289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
megan walker - Nov 04, 2010 8:42:20 am PDT #12837 of 28289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Laga, I hated the narrative conceit of The Book Thief, but I got used to it and did really like the story in the end.
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2010 8:43:26 am PDT #12838 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love that book, Laga! I hope you warm up to it. It's lovely.
Laga, I hated the narrative conceit of The Book Thief
You guys are weird!
megan walker - Nov 04, 2010 8:45:38 am PDT #12839 of 28289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It was prententious and annoying (second only to the beginning of A Heartbreaking Work... ). The story totally could have been told without it.
Amy - Nov 04, 2010 8:55:30 am PDT #12840 of 28289
Because books.
It was prententious and annoying (second only to the beginning of A Heartbreaking Work... ).
Good god, ick. I wanted to like it, and I think he has talent, and had a story to tell, but jesus. It was like watching some guy masturbate for seven thousand pages.
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2010 8:56:41 am PDT #12841 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I also loved A Heartbreaking Work..., so YPMV, I guess. Or at least, YTOP.
megan walker - Nov 04, 2010 9:09:55 am PDT #12842 of 28289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I loved both those books, but I really had to get over the style of both in the early pages.
I don't want some elaborate "found manuscript" set-up or cutesy narrative element. Just tell the story dammit.
Amy - Nov 04, 2010 9:11:06 am PDT #12843 of 28289
Because books.
The actual text in Eggers's book was good, but the author's notes and appendices and blah blah blah BLAH really made my teeth itch.
lisah - Nov 04, 2010 10:01:03 am PDT #12844 of 28289
Punishingly Intricate
You know what book is awesome? Room! Has anyone else read it?
Dana - Nov 04, 2010 10:07:07 am PDT #12845 of 28289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I want to but my library doesn't seem to have it.