That said, I wanted to try to see if I could fake an american account on Amazon for my Kindle, just so I could subscribe to the NYer on it, but they will probably know by the WiFi service, which is different for rest of the world than for the US.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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."
Sue - Dec 31, 2010 12:46:48 pm PST #13375 of 28282
hip deep in pie
DavidS - Jan 01, 2011 7:47:52 am PST #13376 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For Lloyd Alexander fans, I'll toss out a lovely, wistful little Yuletide genfic about Eilonwy from the Chronicles of Prydain.
sumi - Jan 01, 2011 8:03:30 am PST #13377 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
What was the name of the giant cat from the Chronicles of Prydain?
DavidS - Jan 01, 2011 9:56:10 am PST #13378 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Llyan.
sumi - Jan 01, 2011 10:05:29 am PST #13379 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Thank you!
zuisa - Jan 01, 2011 7:13:29 pm PST #13380 of 28282
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Anyone read The Magicians by Lev Grossman? My younger brother's friend came over yesterday for a birthday/New Years party and basically threw the book at me saying that she absolutely loved it until the last 100 pages, and then something happened that made her furious. So I'm quite looking forward to seeing what it was that upset her so! The first 100 or so pages have been fantastic.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2011 7:18:36 pm PST #13381 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Anyone read The Magicians by Lev Grossman? My younger brother's friend came over yesterday for a birthday/New Years party and basically threw the book at me saying that she absolutely loved it until the last 100 pages, and then something happened that made her furious.
I'm not sure it made me furious, but I do remember liking it until towards the end, although that's true of the majority of books I read.
DavidS - Jan 01, 2011 7:21:20 pm PST #13382 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but I do remember liking it until towards the end, although that's true of the majority of books I read.
Endings are tricky.
Does anybody have a nomination for a particularly satisfying ending?
Or an example of a great book that went completely off the rails with the ending?
DavidS - Jan 01, 2011 7:21:21 pm PST #13383 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Double pump!
I'm trying to think of examples of both myself.
Moby Dick is notable for having a great beginning and a great ending.
Jane Austen books just gets a quick wrap up and peter off.
I did like the ending of The World According to Garp which presaged Six Feet Under by following every character to their death.
Also The Circus of Dr. Lao has the best Index of Characters ever after the main narrative.
I loved Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale but disliked the ending.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2011 7:37:09 pm PST #13384 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Does anybody have a nomination for a particularly satisfying ending?
The Lord of the Rings
Or an example of a great book that went completely off the rails with the ending?
Of recent reads, The Giver stands out, as does The Historian.