Hrm. I liked Boneshaker okay, but the parts of it I liked tended to be the parts that the book didn't really focus on.
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Dana - Dec 12, 2010 8:27:13 am PST #13241 of 28277
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2010 8:43:23 am PST #13242 of 28277
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Also, she used the word "gentrification."
Is that...bad? (Having not finished Boneshaker, and not read Dreadnought, I obviously lack context.)
Ginger - Dec 12, 2010 8:47:55 am PST #13243 of 28277
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Is that...bad?
It's about 100 years before the coining of the word, much less the concept.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2010 8:58:29 am PST #13244 of 28277
I look more rad than Lutheranism
As I said, lack of context on my part. Not only did I not finish Boneshaker, I didn't retain much about what I did read, other than...zombies were created by poison gas? And that's about it. I didn't even realize what general time frame it was set in.
Laga - Dec 12, 2010 9:40:55 am PST #13245 of 28277
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Polter-Cow - Dec 12, 2010 10:04:21 am PST #13246 of 28277
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's about 100 years before the coining of the word, much less the concept.
Gentrification has happened since ancient times!
Amy - Dec 13, 2010 9:27:32 am PST #13247 of 28277
Because books.
I'm two chapters into Mockingjay and I need a xanax already.
DavidS - Dec 13, 2010 9:33:14 am PST #13248 of 28277
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm two chapters into Mockingjay and I need a xanax already.
I hear it ends with Katniss attacked by puppies and kittens, with little candy bags around their necks. And everybody says, "Whew, that was a close one" and gets high and dances in the moonlight.
Something like that.
Polter-Cow - Dec 13, 2010 9:42:21 am PST #13249 of 28277
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm two chapters into Mockingjay and I need a xanax already.
EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE.
I'm halfway through the book, and, shit, Peeta's been BRAINWASHED? Christ on a stick, I, uh, kind of mostly assumed that the rebels would triumph and the Capitol would go down, but I am unsure now. Why did I ever think that? Orwell and Huxley didn't do it. Oh no. But...but... they didn't have a revolution! It can be done! DIE DYSTOPIA DIE! It...happens, right? Sometimes.
I kind of love the Capitol, though, from a terrible narrative dystopia standpoint. They are a lot of fun.
Polter-Cow - Dec 13, 2010 10:52:50 am PST #13250 of 28277
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Here's something I find interesting. Katniss is a Chosen One, like Buffy, like Aang, like Harry, like so many before her, but it's because of who she is and what she does, not just a twist of fate. I like that a lot.