I have to think about my top three secondary worlds.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'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."
Laga - Jun 25, 2011 4:20:47 pm PDT #15419 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Kathy A - Jun 26, 2011 2:06:05 am PDT #15420 of 28293
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Re: True Grit--my dad has read the book and now seen both film versions. He loves the book, loved the Wayne version just because it was John Wayne, but after we saw the Coen Brothers version, he walked out of the theatre saying that, as heretical as it was to say it, he thought that their version was the better adaption of the book.
sj - Jun 26, 2011 5:59:06 am PDT #15421 of 28293
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I thought some buffistas might be interested in the woot shirt of the day link.
flea - Jun 27, 2011 2:30:09 am PDT #15422 of 28293
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So, I kind of missed the fact that ALA is, for some people, all about rock star author signings and free ARCs! But I timed my discovery right, and met and got books signed by Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants) and Mo Willems (if you don't know who Mo Willems is you must not know any children at all) and saw Kate di Camillo (and, in non-children's news, Beverly Jackson at Harlequin.) And I got an ARC of the new book by the Hugo Cabret guy. It was a lot of fun, although some of the people who were super-organized and had schedules and charts of where to be at what time to meet who and get what books were a little scary.
Jessica - Jun 27, 2011 3:05:12 am PDT #15423 of 28293
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Flea, did you ask Mo Willems when he sleeps? I feel like there's a new Elephant & Piggie book being released every week!
flea - Jun 27, 2011 3:22:18 am PDT #15424 of 28293
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He is clearly very high-energy - he seemed to like talking to people (Dav Pilkey was shy.) I told him my favorite was "There is a Bird on Your Head." Also they had two people dressed up in Elephant and Piggie costumes and doing photo ops, but I forgot my camera.
Aims - Jun 27, 2011 4:18:02 am PDT #15425 of 28293
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"There is a Bird on Your Head" is also my favorite!! That and the one where Piggie tries to cheer up Elephant by dressing up as stuff to make Elephant happy but Elephant isn't happy cause Piggie isn't there to be excited, too. I love that one.
Jessica - Jun 27, 2011 4:28:03 am PDT #15426 of 28293
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm partial to "We Are In A Book"
DavidS - Jun 27, 2011 4:54:11 am PDT #15427 of 28293
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett is super psyched that Dav Pilkey has finally put out Super Diaper Baby 2 which he's been waiting to read since it was promised seven years ago.
beth b - Jun 27, 2011 5:06:17 am PDT #15428 of 28293
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I love "there is a bird on your head" too. It is a really fun book to do for story time