Is that...bad?
It's about 100 years before the coining of the word, much less the concept.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
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."
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
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.
Steph L. - Dec 13, 2010 11:03:52 am PST #13251 of 28277
I look more rad than Lutheranism
P-C, I had your exact whitefonted reaction. Like, how could I have been so foolish as to believe the rebels would just handily overthrow the Capitol and there wouldn't be even HIGHER LEVELS OF TRAUMA.
Being Katniss sucks WAY more than being Frodo.
Yeah, I said it.
t edit P-C, I totally was typing the Frodo thing before I saw your Chosen One post, because I had the window open for a while since my co-worker was talking to me.
Polter-Cow - Dec 13, 2010 5:41:23 pm PST #13252 of 28277
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Have Hunger Games fans seen this? Some fans filmed a very important scene from the book (if you haven't read the book, don't watch it, obvs). I'm more impressed with the filmmaking than the acting, but it's not bad, if a little melodramatic.