The pages I read felt really familiar, because even though my kids didn't necessarily use the same constructions or malaprops, the way the kid uses them is really recognizable.
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
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."
Amy - Jun 22, 2011 7:08:42 pm PDT #15400 of 28290
Because books.
sj - Jun 23, 2011 5:09:19 am PDT #15401 of 28290
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I went to see Neil Gaiman read last night in New Hampshire! It was worth every penny and the crazy amount of driving it took to go. He read three passages from American Gods and answered questions from a moderator. It was also great to see him talk about how happy it made him to write the Doctor Who episode.
I thought the narrators voice was really the best thing about Room. I was also found contrast of how much comfort Jack got from that room as opposed to how much the outside world scared him really compelling.
lisah - Jun 23, 2011 5:20:02 am PDT #15402 of 28290
Punishingly Intricate
The pages I read felt really familiar, because even though my kids didn't necessarily use the same constructions or malaprops, the way the kid uses them is really recognizable.
I spend a lot of time with a couple of 5-year olds and I thought she got the voice just right. It's familiar but also particular to the character and his personality and circumstances.
Consuela - Jun 23, 2011 8:03:08 am PDT #15403 of 28290
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So, this Pottermore announcement was that... there will be more announcements later?
sumi - Jun 23, 2011 9:08:10 am PDT #15404 of 28290
Art Crawl!!!
Something about Rowling ebooks is what I've heard.
Polgara - Jun 23, 2011 9:12:30 am PDT #15405 of 28290
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
The announcement: [link]
Sounds like a new online community with perks. But yay! to the eBooks finally being release!
Kat - Jun 24, 2011 10:45:54 pm PDT #15406 of 28290
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read What Alice Forgot? I just finished it -- my school's librarian bought it for the library. I CANNOT imagine any high schooler reading this and enjoying it. As am adult I thought it was touching and a little close to home, but for a high school student? Oh hells no.
hippocampus - Jun 25, 2011 7:47:23 am PDT #15407 of 28290
not your mom's socks.
I finished Feed and was just settling in with Wee Free Men (I get all the best book recs from my Buffistas) on our last day at the beach when HKF asked to see what I was reading. And now won't give it back. She's on ch. 2. With instructions to stop if it gets scary or inscrutable. Someone yell if I'm being a bad mom ok? Or, you know, help me figure out a way to get my book back.
Hil R. - Jun 25, 2011 8:01:06 am PDT #15408 of 28290
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just finished reading True Grit. That was a fun book. I've never seen either movie, so I can't compare it, but I loved the narrative voice of the book.
DavidS - Jun 25, 2011 8:07:29 am PDT #15409 of 28290
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Someone yell if I'm being a bad mom ok?
There are some moments of high dramatic tension, but I don't think too overtly scary. Good on 'er! And may she finish it quick so it gets back to you.