JZ's mom concurs heartily with Barb.
Yep, yep-- JZ's mom pretty much nailed it.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
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."
Barb - Apr 11, 2011 6:41:39 am PDT #14343 of 28290
“Not dead yet!”
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 6:49:26 am PDT #14344 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
It's on the list.
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2011 7:36:05 am PDT #14345 of 28290
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
JZ's mom is a good reviewer. But why all the hy-phens?
JZ - Apr 11, 2011 7:47:52 am PDT #14346 of 28290
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm not seeing any hyphens at all. What browser are you using? On a Mac or PC? Her webmaster (aka her genius son-in-law) can look into it and see if there's some wonky translational issue.
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2011 7:52:26 am PDT #14347 of 28290
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Chrome on Windows XP (latest Chrome, XP fully patched and updated). Here is the first sentence as my browser renders it:
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Paula McLain has written a rather spec-tac-u-lar piece of his-tor-i-cal fiction in her render-ing of Hadley Richardson’s marriage to American literary legend Ernest Hemingway.
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But if I cut and paste on B.org it pastes as:
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Paula McLain has written a rather spectacular piece of historical fiction in her rendering of Hadley Richardson’s marriage to American literary legend Ernest Hemingway.
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No added hyphens. So some weird interaction between my browser and OS and the stie.
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2011 7:56:54 am PDT #14348 of 28290
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I wonder what the entry_wrap_class in the code does, and if that might have something to do with it.
JZ - Apr 11, 2011 8:10:48 am PDT #14349 of 28290
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
H'm. I'll ask the BIL to poke around a bit.
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 10:54:19 am PDT #14350 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
As I'm reading "Mark Reads The Book Thief" I'm thinking perhaps my assessment of the writing style was off base. Now I feel like Death's unusual prose is preparing us so that by the time we get to "The Standover Man" we're used to the odd format of the book and instead of puzzling over how this picture book just showed up in the middle of the story, we simply accept it and can absorb the beauty of the story without being distracted by how it's presented.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2011 11:00:05 am PDT #14351 of 28290
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's an interesting perspective, Laga. I just think Death has unusual prose because...it's Death. He sees the world differently. But it's true that the picture book just seems like part of the story and not some piece of WTF stuck in the middle. It fits.
le nubian - Apr 11, 2011 11:01:51 am PDT #14352 of 28290
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi,
at your recommendation, I am reading Midnight Riot and this is such an entertaining book. I feel like I am constantly surprised at how much I am enjoying it. It is (to me) unexpectedly funny and (I'm halfway through) the "mystical" world the author created is absolutely believable.
I am really digging it. Thanks.