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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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zuisa - Jan 07, 2011 3:17:42 pm PST #13464 of 28282
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

I finished The Magicians! I think I disliked it much less than my friend, but I do agree that the first 2/3 were significantly better than the last third. It sort of bothered me that Fillory was so blatantly just Narnia; but then I also think that had he called it Narnia it would have felt like glorified fanfiction, where it clearly was more than that. But when they ever got to The Neitherlands, with all the fountains leading to other worlds, I was just like Who paved over the Wood Between the Worlds?? And I don't even like the Narnia books.

I feel like there are a lot of really interesting themes in the book, in terms of the things you most wish for turning out to not be so great, but I also feel as though something just went wrong in the execution somewhere.

Gris - Jan 08, 2011 9:30:16 am PST #13465 of 28282
Hey. New board.

I have the Kindle app on my iPhone 3GS (which I think is the same size and resolution as your iTouch). It's not as nice to read on as the actual e-Ink Kindle for me (I start getting headaches after an hour or so of book-style reading on any LCD screen, iPad, iPhone, computer or otherwise), but when I'm addicted to a book and don't have my Kindle I will read on it happily. It has a reverse-color (white on black) option that doesn't hurt my eyes as much as black-on-white, especially at low screen brightness and a perfectly reasonable interface.

Pix - Jan 08, 2011 11:01:32 am PST #13466 of 28282
The status is NOT quo.

Yep, what Gris said. I use the black on cream setting to make it more readable. Obviously nowhere near the experience of the e-ink on the actual Kindle, which feels like reading paper, but doable if I have no other option. When we spent so much time in the ER this year, it saved my butt.

sj - Jan 09, 2011 1:07:54 pm PST #13467 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I finished reading Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane today. It was even better than I was expecting, and I was expecting it to be quite good. It even made me sniffly at times.

hippocampus - Jan 09, 2011 1:24:57 pm PST #13468 of 28282
not your mom's socks.

I love the kindle/iPad and kindle/iPhone, mostly for the reasons mentioned above. kind of like the answer to 'what's the best digital camera?' (the one you have with you). That said, I love print books, especially hand-crafted runs. I just can't afford them. Being able to carry a heap of books with me when I'm running around is priceless. Being able to read at night when I can't sleep and not wake DH up? even bettah.

ETA: has anyone read any Jonathan Carroll?

DavidS - Jan 09, 2011 1:31:05 pm PST #13469 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

ETA: has anyone read any Jonathan Carroll?

I have. I'm a big fan of his first two novels Land of Laughs and Voice of Our Shadow.

hippocampus - Jan 09, 2011 2:33:41 pm PST #13470 of 28282
not your mom's socks.

cool. I'm eyeing a few of his myself.

erikaj - Jan 09, 2011 3:20:53 pm PST #13471 of 28282
Always Anti-fascist!

I'm reading "Any Given Day", Lehane's book about 1918 Boston. It's brilliant so far.

sj - Jan 09, 2011 3:22:16 pm PST #13472 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm reading "Any Given Day", Lehane's book about 1918 Boston. It's brilliant so far.

I haven't read that one yet, but TCG has it so I'll have to borrow it.

javachik - Jan 09, 2011 3:39:29 pm PST #13473 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.

I finished reading Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane today. It was even better than I was expecting, and I was expecting it to be quite good. It even made me sniffly at times.

SJ and Erika, my Lehane sisters! I'm reading all of the Angie/ Patrick books now (consecutively) and "Moonlight Mile" is next. I should finish "Prayers for Rain" tonight.

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