I'm partway through Digger, by Ursula Vernon, and enjoying it a lot. I also love Why I Hate Saturn, by Kyle Baker, but it might be a bit oldish/early 1990s-ish for a 14 year old. There's a fair bit of drinking and some drug use, if that's a concern.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
Calli - Dec 07, 2010 4:02:01 pm PST #13114 of 28333
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela - Dec 07, 2010 7:43:28 pm PST #13115 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm following Digger on the web and it's brilliant and heartbreaking (and funny). So good.
sumi - Dec 08, 2010 6:22:17 am PST #13116 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
Did you guys read about Figment at the NY Times? - an online source for young fans of literature.
Holli - Dec 08, 2010 7:21:01 am PST #13117 of 28333
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Okay, so I've got $150 in B&N giftcards, between my birthday and Hanukah. What should I get?
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2010 7:21:20 am PST #13118 of 28333
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
A Nook!
Holli - Dec 08, 2010 7:24:00 am PST #13119 of 28333
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I am too attached to paper books, I think. For instance, I know I'm getting this monster 700-page fashion history book from the Kyoto Costume Institute.
Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2010 7:24:22 am PST #13120 of 28333
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Absolute Sandman.
Barb - Dec 08, 2010 7:28:25 am PST #13121 of 28333
“Not dead yet!”
My book!
Or, barring that, I suggest picking up The Sherlockian. Excellent debut.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2010 7:29:55 am PST #13122 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You should get a Criterion box set of some kind. Maybe something out of the Eclipse series.
And then The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2010 8:47:05 am PST #13123 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Charles de Lint's new novel gets an intriguing review at IO9.
I wonder how that'll play in fandom after the RaceFail discussion since it features an Asian-American lead and it's set in a Latino barrio and uses elements of both Asian (dragons) and Southwestern (skinwalkers) lore.