The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is still on my shelf. I need to get past that first part, but I just haven't been able to do it yet.
Almost done with Catching Fire, though. It's breaking my heart.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
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."
Amy - Nov 16, 2010 6:55:02 am PST #12941 of 28285
Because books.
Kathy A - Nov 16, 2010 6:57:51 am PST #12942 of 28285
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mom's bringing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo when she flies out next week--I'm looking forward to reading it.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2010 7:10:46 am PST #12943 of 28285
I look more rad than Lutheranism
zuisa, I get what you're saying about being confident that Peeta has learned to control the rage, but the text didn't provide me with the level of evidence that would have satisfied me. Maybe that's sloppy storytelling, or maybe I set too high a bar.
erin_obscure - Nov 16, 2010 7:14:25 am PST #12944 of 28285
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
the part of Mockingjay ending that pinged "hope" to me was that Katniss and Peeta found a balance, were living together in harmony, and that their children (the future) were living in a world without hunger games and with a better future to look forward to. In spite of all the horrible things that happened, there was a future for the next generation without the same kind of torment K & P had suffered.
Laga - Nov 16, 2010 7:14:42 am PST #12945 of 28285
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just found a little gem I never noticed before in Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone.
One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban.
Unbeknownst to Fred & George, they were pelting Voldemort in the face!
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2010 7:15:49 am PST #12946 of 28285
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
erin--spoiler font.
zuisa - Nov 16, 2010 7:21:19 am PST #12947 of 28285
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Ha! Thanks for that, Laga! I had not noticed that before either!
An entire Harry Potter re-read is really in order, I just can never find the time. Or the motivation, really, as as much as I want to read them again, there are so many books I haven't read.
Laga - Nov 16, 2010 7:24:37 am PST #12948 of 28285
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have a tendency to do a re-read when there is a movie coming out. Even though I have Scott Pilgrim 6 and The Book Thief sitting here staring at me, I might start of Chamber of Secrets today.
erin_obscure - Nov 16, 2010 7:27:56 am PST #12949 of 28285
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
sorry, my first two attempts at spoiler tag didn't work. *sigh*
Amy - Nov 16, 2010 7:45:06 am PST #12950 of 28285
Because books.
When are we starting that "read the books you own" thing? In January? Because boy oh boy do I have to get through these stacks.