Shaggy not Fr--no, never mind.
that should read, "Velma, not Daphne"
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'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."
Laga - Jan 31, 2011 1:34:50 pm PST #13747 of 28286
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Barb - Jan 31, 2011 1:38:08 pm PST #13748 of 28286
“Not dead yet!”
Boromir not Aragorn
Cranky Elf (can never, ever remember his name) not Legolas
Chuck not Casey
Edward not Brandon
sj - Jan 31, 2011 1:38:49 pm PST #13749 of 28286
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There's a lot to be said for it encouraging them to go out and find more books, too. When I briefly worked at a bookstore two years ago, the teen girls who came in couldn't get enough -- Twilight had whetted their appetite, and they were eager for anything even remotely like it.
When I worked at the bookstore it was the Harry Potter series that was doing this. The kids had read everything that had been written in the series up to that point, and they wanted anything they could get that was similar.
Amy - Jan 31, 2011 1:40:51 pm PST #13750 of 28286
Because books.
I think Harry Potter was responsible for a broader sample of people of all ages reading again, though. Twilight was pretty strictly teen girls (and their moms, although I think those moms were probably already romance readers).
sj - Jan 31, 2011 1:42:55 pm PST #13751 of 28286
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Anything that gets anyone to read more is a good thing, which is why I hate when I hear parents in a bookstore telling their kids they can only read "good books", they should be working with their kid's interests, not against them.
sj - Jan 31, 2011 1:50:12 pm PST #13752 of 28286
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have never read any Gabaldon, but I may have to look into downloading one to my kindle. Is Outlander the first book in the series?
Has anyone read Masques or Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs? Masques is her first published book that has recently been reprinted after being out of print for a while and Wolfsbane is the sequel that was just published for the first time. I recently finished the first and I am currently reading the second. I love them. I think I like Aralorn (the main character) as much as Mercy.
Barb - Jan 31, 2011 1:52:35 pm PST #13753 of 28286
“Not dead yet!”
For all my scorn for the Twilight series, I have told Abby if she's interested in reading it, I will be more than happy to get her the books or take her to the library. So far, she's not shown any interest in it—mostly because the girls at her school who've read it and rave over it, rattle on at length about Team Jacob versus Team Edward, ad nauseum, and it drives her batty. She also said that Bella sounds like (in her words) a total drip.
She has read Alyxandra Harvey's Drake Chronicles and loves them, so she's definitely not anti-vampire.
Consuela - Jan 31, 2011 1:52:57 pm PST #13754 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Outlander is the first one.
I admit that, as much as I enjoyed the first one, I got bored by book 3 (that's the one where they go to America?) and gave up entirely when the boyfriend was mistaken for a rapist and Jamie arranged for him to be captured by Indians for a variety of reasons. Too much authorial puppetry for me.
Also, and I know this is blasphemy, but like J.D. Robb's stuff, there was too much sex. I got bored and started skimming.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2011 2:00:07 pm PST #13755 of 28286
brillig
All I know of Gabaldon is that she loathes fanficcers and based Jaime on a Doctor Who companion.
Laga - Jan 31, 2011 2:30:04 pm PST #13756 of 28286
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
She also said that Bella sounds like (in her words) a total drip.
smart girl.