Oh, that's awesome. Tell him to come by so we can shower him with virtual drinks!
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Consuela - Oct 16, 2006 7:42:44 pm PDT #1330 of 28144
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
beth b - Oct 16, 2006 7:52:04 pm PDT #1331 of 28144
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
whoooo hoooo!!!!!
Aims - Oct 16, 2006 7:58:35 pm PDT #1332 of 28144
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok. Finished American Gods. I liked it. Not usually my cup of tea, but I enjoyed it enough to want to read Anansi Boys when we get a copy. Maybe I'll try Neverwhere. I'll have to re-read in order to say anything more than, "I liked it." But I'm like that with most books.
Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2006 8:37:39 pm PDT #1333 of 28144
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Awesome! And that book sounds really cool, too.
Volans - Oct 16, 2006 10:08:45 pm PDT #1334 of 28144
move out and draw fire
So after years of saying he didn't like the Harry Potter books and was never reading any more (he skimmed GoF), my DH just pounded through the last two books in 3 days.
He actually really liked Order of the Phoenix , saying that teenage boy anger was perfectly represented. (And also, "Fred and George ROCK!") And he enjoyed HBP, although he doesn't think it was written by JKR.
So needless to say, now that I've kind of purged the books from my mind, I'm being called on to discuss plot theories.
Meanwhile, I've been reading Inkheart, which is a really nice YA book.
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 5:13:13 am PDT #1335 of 28144
brillig
although he doesn't think it was written by JKR.
Why not?
Volans - Oct 17, 2006 5:54:50 am PDT #1336 of 28144
move out and draw fire
Because the writing is "tighter and sharper" (I quote) and because characters and situations are introduced and developed in a different manner than in the previous books. He thought the writing in HBP was a lot better than previously demonstrated in JKR's work, and said "She either got a lot better or someone else ghostwrote."
I did point out she wrote a lot of words prior to HBP, so one assumes she got practice. I don't think he disputes that the ideas/story came from her.
P.M. Marc - Oct 17, 2006 9:04:46 am PDT #1337 of 28144
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Way to go, Knut! That rules!
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 9:08:10 am PDT #1338 of 28144
brillig
one assumes she got practice.
One would think. She's been fiddling with it for years, I think she's picked up some tricks.
meara - Oct 17, 2006 4:51:46 pm PDT #1339 of 28144
Knut's book sounds really interesting, too!