Aw, Hecubus, keeping my high-school rep alive, to wit: "Well, there was a guy bleeding on the cover, and I thought of you."(It's true, of course, but too much to carry at sixteen.) But a true Homicide fan would know that the whole idea for that book actually started with a feature on the Homicide unit at Christmas. They made him cut his hair and take his earring out to hang out for the book...how do I know that? Who knows?ETA: I want one, but I already have at least one. At one time I had two, but want all the Special Edition stuff, too. My fake husband is getting his props and moving up in the world.ETA: I'm a little ticked that LaTonya gets the whitefont treatment, but maybe some Wirefiends haven't read it yet, but the fact that that case *doesn't* go down is one of the most special things about that book...it's not fucking "Clue" for god's sake:Colonel Mustard in the rowhouse with the lead pipe.
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."
I'm still drooling.
It's very drool worthy.
I thought I linked to that a few weeks ago, although it might have been in a different thread. I actually have that book sitting on my kitchen table, courtesy of (ironically) the Cincinnati Public Library. When I saw that blog post, I immediately went to the library's Web site and put it on reserve. It's even more drool-worthy up close.
I made The Boy look at it with me, and he got to see me totally get my geek on, because I kept *petting* the really amazing pictures. He just laughed, in a nice way.
The last picture, of the Trinity College library, is AMAZING in the book. It's so gorgeous, it makes me want to cry. And lick the picture.
You should GO to the Trinity College library. It's pretty freakin' cool in person too. :)
I've seen that linked on this board at least 4 times...and I keep going to look at it each time, just to remind myself of the house I want to have when I grow up.
yeah, the trinity college library is AMAZING in person.
I think someone needs to write me some post-Chosen Buffy fic set in one of those libraries.
The last picture, of the Trinity College library, is AMAZING in the book. It's so gorgeous, it makes me want to cry. And lick the picture.
I am glad you said this, because I was beginning to think I was the only one who had tear welling from looking at the beautiful libraries.
I just started In Cold Blood. Dear gods Capote is a beautiful writer. It reads like poetry and has an eloquence that I've not read in a very long time. It pulled me in right off and his details and his passion for the story come through immediately. I can picture in my head exactly what Mr. Clutter looked like.
And I'm only on page 15!!
Also we picked up Anansi Boys at B&N the other day. Joe showed me the book (regular sized paperback) and I looked at it and frowned. He asked what was wrong as I whined, "But it doesn't match American Gods. It's too small."
He laughed and laughed at me.