Hotel New Hampshire is probably my favorite modern book. I can't even put my finger on what about it speaks to me, and I think my friends think I am a sick fuck for loving it, but I just do.
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
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."
Sophia Brooks - Jan 03, 2011 8:00:04 am PST #13426 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 03, 2011 8:24:29 am PST #13427 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The Girl's been begging me to read it for ages. It's her favourite book ever. Don't know why it's taken me this long to get round to it. I generally love everything I read by Irving.
Laga - Jan 03, 2011 9:55:01 am PST #13428 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The first time I read Princess Bride I was pissed as hell at the ending but now I love it and often tack it on myself when I watch the movie.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2011 10:21:54 am PST #13429 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think the Princess Bride ending belongs on the movie (since the book is bigger than the movie), but it works in the context of the book.
Laga - Jan 03, 2011 10:29:34 am PST #13430 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I like to think of it as a bridge to a whole other story. Someday I'll tie William Goldman up in a remote cabin and force him to write it.
Gris - Jan 03, 2011 10:35:14 am PST #13431 of 28282
Hey. New board.
The only thing coming to me in "endings" is the ending of Diaspora by Greg Egan. It's kind of a great science fiction novel most of the way through (at least, I thought so at seventeen) but its ending is an absolute disaster, as bad as the last half hour of A.I.
I tend to like most endings, though most of the books I love have pretty predictable endings as I tend to love pretty simple books.
lisah - Jan 06, 2011 12:25:39 pm PST #13432 of 28282
Punishingly Intricate
javachik - Jan 06, 2011 12:34:30 pm PST #13433 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
Cute, but I've never read more books in 6 months than I have since I got my Kindle.
Cass - Jan 06, 2011 12:36:40 pm PST #13434 of 28282
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I did send the link to my Niecelet because she hates reading on tech and mourns the idea that books will go away. Which is pretty awesome for a 21-year-old. Though I am not giving up both tech and real books. Both have their places in my life.
Connie Neil - Jan 06, 2011 12:39:16 pm PST #13435 of 28282
brillig
Here's an interesting article about decorating with books--and some people who insist on being able to read the books they're decorating with!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06books.html?hpw
It mentions the subject of whether technology will eradicate books, as well.