HKF picked out a Judy Moody, another Ivy & Bean and a Junie B. Jones at the library. She was eying the magic tree house books too but I told her to start with what she could carry. I'm such a killjoy.
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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."
hippocampus - May 24, 2011 11:11:21 am PDT #14894 of 28287
not your mom's socks.
Strix - May 24, 2011 12:55:23 pm PDT #14895 of 28287
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
OMG, Lenny Kravitz cast as Cinna in The Hunger Games.
I actually really like that!
Laga - May 25, 2011 8:14:55 am PDT #14896 of 28287
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Someone's left a copy of Leon Uris's Trinity in the living room. I've always wanted to read that. I pick it up and flip to chapter one. Wait a minute... this is so familiar. I have read it. And ordinarily no big deal, I forgot a book. But I retained Nothing! Of centuries of Irish history. And I know if I reread it, I will remember it, only about a chapter in advance. I'm so mad at my brain right now.
In DFW news, I just finished the part with Tony Krause withdrawing on the subway. I remember way back when we met Orrin and the cockroaches thinking at least it's not ants. Silly girl. So, are we about done with the ant imagery or can I get a heads up for future bits to skim?
megan walker - May 25, 2011 8:24:46 am PDT #14897 of 28287
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Great, now I have "This land is mine, God gave this land to me..." stuck in my head.
Beverly - May 25, 2011 8:28:16 am PDT #14898 of 28287
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Pat Boone lyrics!
Laga - May 25, 2011 8:30:40 am PDT #14899 of 28287
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Isn't that Exodus? Here's a happy Irish love song to chase your earworm. Grace
megan walker - May 25, 2011 8:40:29 am PDT #14900 of 28287
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It is Exodus, but still Leon Uris.
Fred Pete - May 25, 2011 9:16:16 am PDT #14901 of 28287
Ann, that's a ferret.
But Exodus was made into a fine Paul Newman movie.
Consuela - May 25, 2011 9:49:10 am PDT #14902 of 28287
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I'm just about to hit the big climax of Order of the Phoenix, and I have realized that I read it originally so long ago, I only recalled a few images from it. Cleaning the house, Umbridge and the lines, Snape's occlumency lessons (which seem spectacularly useless: the man has little talent as a teacher), and Sirius' death. I didn't remember Fred & George's big exit, Hagrid's brother, or anything about the endless exams.
And I've stumbled across one of the few British-isms that really trip me up: "revising" and "revision" instead of what would in the US be "reviewing" and "review". Or just "studying", frankly. I keep getting mental images of the kids madly editing their textbooks in red pen, rather than memorizing data.
As I'm listening to the Stephen Fry audiobooks, I wonder if the US editions changed the word-choice to make it clearer.
megan walker - May 25, 2011 9:57:10 am PDT #14903 of 28287
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As I'm listening to the Stephen Fry audibooks, I wonder if the US editions changed the word-choice to make it clearer.
I believe OotP is when it became clear to me that they had stopped translating them, so I don't think so.