Neil Gaiman tweeted this piece about the bestseller list by Michael Dirda.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'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."
Amy - Jul 05, 2011 4:18:38 pm PDT #15564 of 28293
Because books.
Volans - Jul 05, 2011 5:21:07 pm PDT #15565 of 28293
move out and draw fire
Books that make me sob? Apparently The Dog That Wouldn't Be.
This is a favorite book of my DH, my sister, and her two kids. So when I saw it on the bookshelf in my room at my sister's, I pulled it down for bedtime reading.
But first, because it's a dog book, and I had a suspicion, I flipped to the last page (I NEVER do this), read just that page, sobbed like a baby, and spent the rest of the week eyeing the book like it was a rattlesnake curled up on the nightstand.
DebetEsse - Jul 05, 2011 5:36:52 pm PDT #15566 of 28293
Woe to the fucking wicked.
What is it with dog books?
Aims - Jul 05, 2011 5:44:02 pm PDT #15567 of 28293
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Lately, kids books have been making me cry. Not YA, but children's books. The latest being Knuffle Bunny 3 for which I was not spoiled and read it to Em as my first time reading it. Poor girl. Also, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech - again with the dogs.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood gets me every time and I read that at least twice a year. Specifically, the story when Vivi looses her basket on Sidda, Baylor, Little Shep, and Lulu.
DebetEsse - Jul 05, 2011 5:47:17 pm PDT #15568 of 28293
Woe to the fucking wicked.
for which I was not spoiled and read it to Em as my first time reading it.
I'm going to have to call this a Poor Life Choice.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2011 5:52:01 pm PDT #15569 of 28293
There was this book about a orange tabby tripod cat? And about a hedgehog. Hedgie? And then a book I swear was an LM Montgomery novel (Wives of the Club in the title maybe?) but I can't source it.
Ahrg. But that was years ago. I actually don't turn to books for a crying catharsis anymore. When I need to break, I just think about my parents aging. Ahhhhrg.
Aims - Jul 05, 2011 5:53:55 pm PDT #15570 of 28293
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm going to have to call this a Poor Life Choice.
Indeed. Sobbbing mommies at bedtime are never a good thing.
Amy - Jul 05, 2011 5:54:01 pm PDT #15571 of 28293
Because books.
I don't ever go to books looking for the cry/catharsis, but if the story genuinely delivers, I'm glad to have it. Once, anyway.
Kat - Jul 05, 2011 5:54:44 pm PDT #15572 of 28293
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dead Dog Books are their own subgenre.
Connie Neil - Jul 05, 2011 6:03:20 pm PDT #15573 of 28293
brillig
"I didn't cry when Ol' Yeller died."