Synchronicity! I started The Hobbit with Li'l Sphere last week. We've been interrupted by frequent Xmas stories, though, so we're only to the end of Chapter 3. It's a lot more fun than I remembered, though.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'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."
Hayden - Dec 20, 2010 7:57:31 am PST #13290 of 28279
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
flea - Dec 20, 2010 8:10:10 am PST #13291 of 28279
information libertarian
It's remarkably zippy. I can recall very clearly when my father read it to me, when I was 7 - his intonation on "Who are these miserable persons?" scared the pants off me. (Casper corrected me, saying, "people!")
sumi - Dec 20, 2010 8:37:19 am PST #13292 of 28279
Art Crawl!!!
How cool!
And wasn't the Hobbit meant to be read aloud originally?
Hayden - Dec 20, 2010 8:59:51 am PST #13293 of 28279
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
There's a wonderful knowingly sarcastic tone that cuts through it that reminds me of A.A. Milne.
Atropa - Dec 20, 2010 12:17:51 pm PST #13294 of 28279
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have very fond memories of my Dad reading The Hobbit to me.
Volans - Dec 20, 2010 2:08:49 pm PST #13295 of 28279
move out and draw fire
We're reading How to Train Your Dragon, which isn't at all like the movie (although I'm still doing a Craig Ferguson impression for Gobber), so I hope that when we start The Hobbit (maybe next), there will be less fussing about the differences between the book and the movie.
Dana - Dec 20, 2010 5:30:02 pm PST #13296 of 28279
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My parents got us a Kindle. Dude.
Now I'm not entirely sure what to do with it.
Strix - Dec 20, 2010 5:32:47 pm PST #13297 of 28279
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Dana, you will HATE it. You should obviously send it to me, so I can spare you time and heartache.
I wouldn't do this for just ANYONE.....
(And the answer is load very hefty tomes on it, and enjoy the lightness.)
Consuela - Dec 20, 2010 6:50:52 pm PST #13298 of 28279
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana, you can load fic on it! (I hear: I don't know how, myself.)
Cass - Dec 20, 2010 6:53:37 pm PST #13299 of 28279
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, you can. Trust me.