I love Roddy Doyle, though. TB, good point. You know, I tried, with Moby Dick, cause y'all(and David Simon) list it as a favorite. I at least waded in, which is better than the whole looking-at-it-and-deciding it's boring thing I did before. Points for effort?
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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."
erikaj - May 27, 2011 9:08:17 am PDT #14959 of 28288
Always Anti-fascist!
le nubian - May 27, 2011 9:42:30 am PDT #14960 of 28288
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy - May 27, 2011 10:26:21 am PDT #14961 of 28288
Because books.
There were a couple books publishers were really pushing on Tuesday at BEA, and three of them might be of interest:
Eoin Colfer's first adult novel, Plugged. (He is adorable, small, with bright white hair and a beautiful Irish speaking voice, by the way.)
The Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles, a first-time novelist who seems terribly Back Bay. It's about a young woman in 1938 Manhattan, and looks really good. Beautiful cover, too.
The Snow Child, by another first-timer, Eowyn (!) Ivey, a native Alaskan. It's set in 1920s Alaska, too.
Kathy A - May 27, 2011 10:32:43 am PDT #14962 of 28288
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
At my first BEA in 1999, they were handing out a new book by an author nobody had heard of: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. Four months later, it hit the #1 on the bestseller list.
Typo Boy - May 27, 2011 10:36:07 am PDT #14963 of 28288
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.
Back Bay?
Amy - May 27, 2011 10:43:19 am PDT #14964 of 28288
Because books.
Old Boston money, in other words.
Typo Boy - May 27, 2011 10:57:54 am PDT #14965 of 28288
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.
Thanks. Suspect that past a certain distance from Boston not a well known phrase. This California boy (who lived in Houston and currently lives in Washington State) never heard it before. So the "Back Bay Books" imprint was boasting of the wealth of its founders? Which come to think of it is not very Back Bay... Or maybe it was founded by working class Bostonians who were being ironic.
Amy - May 27, 2011 11:08:53 am PDT #14966 of 28288
Because books.
Back Bay is also a historic, officially recognized neighborhood in Boston.
Typo Boy - May 27, 2011 11:10:47 am PDT #14967 of 28288
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.
OK. Totally revealing my ignorance of Boston today.
Kat - May 30, 2011 6:40:29 am PDT #14968 of 28288
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I've just read Insatiable which is the most silly and enjoyable book. Highly recommend!