You guys -- I finished Room last night, and I can't stop thinking about it! Then I found the website, which is worth seeing if you've read the book: [link]
Great link! I loved Room and I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks after reading it.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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 22, 2011 10:01:14 am PDT #15386 of 28359
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Kat - Jun 22, 2011 1:11:07 pm PDT #15387 of 28359
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise. I've had a handful of students read it since and they all love it.
Cool link, Jesse!
megan walker - Jun 22, 2011 1:25:40 pm PDT #15388 of 28359
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
sumi - Jun 22, 2011 3:14:54 pm PDT #15389 of 28359
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, Dunk & Egg are going to Winterfell in the 4th Dunk & Egg novela.
(Darn it: it's speculation that they're going to Winterfell - because the title is "Dangerous Women" and the "Wolf Women of Winterfell" had been mentioned by GRRM at some point elsewhere.)
Jesse - Jun 22, 2011 3:45:00 pm PDT #15390 of 28359
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
It's almost nothing like what you might expect based on the premise, I think -- mostly because the narrator is the kid.
Amy - Jun 22, 2011 3:49:14 pm PDT #15391 of 28359
Because books.
I just read the first few pages on Amazon. She gets that kid voice really well.
Sue - Jun 22, 2011 4:16:54 pm PDT #15392 of 28359
hip deep in pie
I was warned off by the voice in Room.
beth b - Jun 22, 2011 4:46:35 pm PDT #15393 of 28359
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I know people that hate room becaue of the voice ( one was a gradnmother )
Jesse - Jun 22, 2011 4:49:34 pm PDT #15394 of 28359
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, if you read the sample bits and can't deal with it, it's not for you, but I thought it was just lovely.
Amy - Jun 22, 2011 4:52:56 pm PDT #15395 of 28359
Because books.
I love a child's voice that seems realistic to me, because so often they really, really aren't.