Mother-daughter bonding at its sniffliest?
Yes! I got "God MOM! Why did you make me read that? Can we get it?"
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
DawnK - Jul 06, 2011 11:13:38 am PDT #15595 of 28293
giraffe mode
askye - Jul 06, 2011 5:42:50 pm PDT #15596 of 28293
Thrive to spite them
Another children's book that made me cry - Peach and Blue. Mom bought for me when I was an adult because SHE read it in the store and cried.
Actually she was in the bookstore and another woman was holding the book and crying and Mom asked her if she was okay. And the woman told her about Peach and Blue, so Mom read it and started crying and then gave it to me. And then I tell people about it with the thought they'll read it and cry.
Here's the book [link]
It's about a frog named Blue and a Peach named Peach and the cover is a picture from one of the saddest and sweetest parts of the book.
DavidS - Jul 06, 2011 6:20:24 pm PDT #15597 of 28293
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
( Hotel New Hampshire seems to hit ALL the themes)
Yeah, Irving wrapped up all his thematic hobby horses with one big bow in that one, and then went off to play with new toys. Bears, Austria, Whores, Wrestling...
hippocampus - Jul 07, 2011 5:22:02 am PDT #15598 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
Dan Brown. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I loved Wee Free Men and Hat Full of Sky, by the way. Thank very much for the recs. And I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't read Knuffle Bunny, and I'm a mom. That's probably like admitting having never read Chaucer, when you're an English professor.
In the meantime, I'm supposed to be going to the DMV, but instead, I'm finding all sorts of quotations from the 18thc. that make today's YA/Romance is Dangerous For Your Brain debates sound oh so old and tired. Please do tell me if I sound like a horse's rear end. [link]
Since I wrote that, I don't have to go to the DMV now, right?
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 6:29:24 am PDT #15599 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!
Interview with Elizabeth Betts about Snowman and Harry de Leyer the subjects of her new book The $80 Champion.
Steph L. - Jul 07, 2011 6:47:10 am PDT #15600 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Jilli (and anyone else), have you started Heartless yet? I started it last night, and I...have some doubts about the "adoption" plan. But I'm still all aflutter over New!Book.
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 7:01:42 am PDT #15601 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!
Tor.com has a Catch-up for A Song of Ice and Fire in case you haven't finished your re-read prior to Tuesday.
It is, of course, spoilery for anyone who hasn't read up through A Feast for Crows.
Rayne - Jul 07, 2011 9:37:57 am PDT #15602 of 28293
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I am ridiculously excited for ADWD!
Jessica - Jul 07, 2011 9:50:06 am PDT #15603 of 28293
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I caved and pre-ordered the Kindle version. Which means I'll also be buying the paperback at some point (I hate it when series don't match on my shelves), but I get to read it NOW.
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 9:53:19 am PDT #15604 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!
Seriously? The kindle version is up already?