Has anyone hear read Discovery of Witches?
I read the kindle sample for it and really hated it.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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."
sj - Jun 12, 2011 8:06:56 am PDT #15220 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 9:58:39 am PDT #15221 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Two A Song of Ice and Fire questions (based on a thread from Westeros): If Edmure doesn't have a son - wouldn't the Blackfish be his heir? I think it is (currently) Edmure - Blackfish - Bran - Rickon - Lord Robert and then if no male heirs - Lysa, Sansa, Arya? Or possibly it goes off to a cadet branch. . . this has to do with Littlefinger's plans for Sansa - could they involve Riverrun as well as Winterfell? And secondly - could the tapestries that Littlefinger asks of Cersei be important for some reason?
Kat - Jun 12, 2011 10:57:05 am PDT #15222 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Interesting! I read it last night and really enjoyed it. The book took a while to start (like the Girl With a... Series) but it got better.
-t - Jun 12, 2011 4:16:55 pm PDT #15223 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sumi, I can't really think clearly about that while my head is full of GoT, but what you said about succession sounds plausible. I don't remember what's up with the tapestries, but I wouldn't rule out anything being important.
Volans - Jun 13, 2011 6:46:50 am PDT #15224 of 28282
move out and draw fire
That's not how Shaun sounds in my head, but heh.
I realized last night that Shaun sounds like Sokka in my head. Georgia doesn't totally sound like Katara, but close.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2011 7:38:24 am PDT #15225 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha!
(Seanan said that the guy doesn't sound like Shaun at all too, so that's something.)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2011 10:57:22 am PDT #15226 of 28282
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just got Simon Pegg's memior Nerd Do Well. Can't wait to dive in.
sj - Jun 14, 2011 4:40:23 pm PDT #15227 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have a question for the Buffistas. These are the choices my cousin has for his summer reading list. He is going to be a senior in high school, probably an average reader but I don't think he really likes to read. which book would you recommend? I haven't read any of them, but I was leaning toward telling him Herietta Lacks.
1. The Winter of Disconnect by Susan Maushart.
2. Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
3. Feed by M.T. Anderson
4. Brave New World by: Aldous Huxley
5. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2011 4:47:09 pm PDT #15228 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Amy - Jun 14, 2011 5:21:00 pm PDT #15229 of 28282
Because books.
I might vote for Feed by M.T. Anderson for him.