Ooh, thanks for the link ita, because I'm looking for something like this [link] that was pictured on the same page.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'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."
brenda m - Nov 08, 2006 2:33:40 am PST #1482 of 28378
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Atropa - Nov 08, 2006 9:51:23 am PST #1483 of 28378
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Guess what I've never read, but am going to start reading tomorrow on the bus ride home?
Jane Eyre
Now, I *hated* Wuthering Heights. But I'm going to be reading Jane Eyre with an entirely different mindset: I know it's the book where almost all the Gothic novel clichés come from, and I'm probably going to spend the entire time thinking of it as high parody/black comedy.
The real reason I finally decided to read it, though? Because I got a copy of the version illustrated by Dame Darcy.
sj - Nov 08, 2006 9:55:06 am PST #1484 of 28378
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jilli, I have to know what you think of Jane Eyre when you're done. I personally love it. I think it is much different from Wuthering Heights, so I hope hating the latter doesn't ruin your enjoyment of the former.
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2006 9:56:49 am PST #1485 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I saw that in a bookstore the other day, Jilli!
I also think it's very, very different from Wuthering Heights. Although I think I like Wuthering Heights better. So that might mean you love Jane Eyre.
sarameg - Nov 08, 2006 9:58:38 am PST #1486 of 28378
I hated WH but adored Jane Eyre when I was a young teen. Except for what I called the boring part. So I'd just always skip that part.
beth b - Nov 08, 2006 9:58:49 am PST #1487 of 28378
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
hated Wuthering heights but while I don't love Jane Eyre - it is a very different and much better book
I just read a book called Report Card A kid's book that talks about the evils of standerized testing. odd.
Dana - Nov 08, 2006 9:59:01 am PST #1488 of 28378
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, I love Jane Eyre (completely unable to type that as anything but Jayne the first time), and I hate Wuthering Heights. Jane is a great character, and so much more likeable than anyone in WH.
Atropa - Nov 08, 2006 10:01:00 am PST #1489 of 28378
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, I have to know what you think of Jane Eyre when you're done. I personally love it. I think it is much different from Wuthering Heights, so I hope hating the latter doesn't ruin your enjoyment of the former.
I may eventually re-read Wuthering Heights to give it another try. While I say I've read it, I've actually skimmed it. My main problem with it is that it gave me the overwhelming urge to slap both Cathy and Heathcliff.
I suspect that if I go back and re-read Wuthering Heights with the mindset that it's also a comedy/parody of Gothic novel conventions, I'd probably enjoy it a lot more.
Atropa - Nov 08, 2006 10:02:48 am PST #1490 of 28378
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I saw that in a bookstore the other day, Jilli!
I admit, it was Dame Darcy's art that sold me on it. She's so deliciously loopy and over-the-top Gothic Victorian.
sarameg - Nov 08, 2006 10:03:33 am PST #1491 of 28378
My main problem with it is that it gave me the overwhelming urge to slap both Cathy and Heathcliff.
From what I recall, that's pretty much why I didn't like it. As Dana says, Jane's a great character.