I'll try to not be spoilery, but i'm loving how Book 2 separates so many characters, and then in Book 3 they start coming back together. And the bleak horrors. I did have to just stop and walk away for a few hours after one chapter. But then i went back. These books are an abusive lover.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'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."
erin_obscure - May 11, 2011 8:58:13 pm PDT #14687 of 28293
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Consuela - May 13, 2011 6:37:26 am PDT #14688 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
More Snape: halfway through Goblet of Fire, Snape makes an entirely unwarranted and terribly cruel comment about Hermione's teeth. I'm back to the "People like this guy?" question.
In other news, I'd forgotten how completely isolated Harry gets in this one, because even Ron has turned on him. It's really kind of painful to hear. But you can see the kids getting older, too--they're much more adolescents in this book, even without the minor angst about crush-objects sprinkled through the book. (And I'd forgotten that Ron had a crush on Fleur first, who ends up with his brother Bill.)
The other bad side of audiobooks, of course, is that I cannot flip back easily to the part where Ron & Harry make up fortunes for themselves to see how many of them really come true. I'm thinking rather a lot.
Polter-Cow - May 13, 2011 6:53:47 am PDT #14689 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm almost done with the first audiobook, but one thing is filling me with rage: why is there no musical cue that the CD is over? It just flips over to the first track, and it takes me a few seconds to realize that it sounds terribly familiar, and then I've lost my place. Do most audiobooks have a signal that the CD is done? Why don't these, for crying out loud?
Consuela - May 13, 2011 6:54:31 am PDT #14690 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Can't help you, P-C, I'm listening to them on my iPod. Much easier, gotta say.
ChiKat - May 13, 2011 6:59:34 am PDT #14691 of 28293
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Do most audiobooks have a signal that the CD is done?
IME, no. I listen to a lot of audiobooks in the car during my commute (which isn't short). Most just flip back to the first track. Some have a short "This is the end of disc #" message, but that's probably around 30% of the ones I've listened to.
Polter-Cow - May 13, 2011 7:00:30 am PDT #14692 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The first three I listened to all had cues, and they're very helpful. How annoying.
sj - May 13, 2011 7:34:46 am PDT #14693 of 28293
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'd say most of the audiobooks I have listened to have a musical cue or the end of disc message. The ones without either are really annoying. I'm currently listening to Matchstick Men read by Stanely Tucci. I've already seen the movie, but it is a fun listen, especially if you like con artist capers. Parts of it remind me of Leverage because of that.
sumi - May 13, 2011 2:03:01 pm PDT #14694 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!
ASOIAF: GRRM revealed a new POV character in ADWD: Ser Barristan the Bold
DavidS - May 13, 2011 2:41:43 pm PDT #14695 of 28293
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ASOIAF: GRRM revealed a new POV character in ADWD:
You realize this looks like you just barfed a bunch of random capital letters, right?
Laga - May 13, 2011 3:11:52 pm PDT #14696 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I didn't know who GRRM was before HBO picked up AGoT but I understood that sentence perfectly.