First of all, 'Posse?' Passé

Cordelia ,'Potential'


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."


Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2011 10:59:59 am PDT #15612 of 28296
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I read a review in EW and it did sound pretty cool.


sumi - Jul 07, 2011 11:19:49 am PDT #15613 of 28296
Art Crawl!!!

Waterstone's in Glasgow's ADWD display (From GRRM's lj)

GRRM says that the book has already gone back for its 6th printing.


Toddson - Jul 07, 2011 11:35:42 am PDT #15614 of 28296
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A review from SMTB with the unforgettable phrase "unexpected zombies." (snerk)


Rayne - Jul 07, 2011 12:04:04 pm PDT #15615 of 28296
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

I started reading "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" but stopped about a third of the way in. It just bored me which was surprising. I went into it not realizing it was a young adult book. And it's definitely a young adult book. I didn't really care for the main character I guess. And if I don't like the main character, I have a hard time liking the book. Plus I just came off another book that bored me - Robopocalypse, so I was short on patience.

Has anyone read the Kingkiller Chronicle books by Patrick Rothfuss? I keep hearing really good things and I'm considering giving them a try after ADWD.


Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2011 12:05:45 pm PDT #15616 of 28296
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I have, Rayne! They're really good. I don't read much epic fantasy, but it was pitched to me as "epic fantasy for people who don't read epic fantasy," so that worked.


sumi - Jul 07, 2011 1:17:50 pm PDT #15617 of 28296
Art Crawl!!!

Elio and Linda (from Westeros.org) talk about character parallels that GRRM has set up in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Spoilers for all 4 books and the sample chapter of ADWD that was published in the paperback edition of AFFC. (That's the other reason to still get the paperback edition of ADWD - a sample of WoW.)


Liese S. - Jul 07, 2011 1:27:35 pm PDT #15618 of 28296
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

GRRM is doing a book signing on the north side of town next Saturday. Do I want to go? It'll be super crazy, and I'll hate all the people, right? It's a wealthy, busy area of town on a normal day. But it'll be insane for that kind of event, right?


Strix - Jul 07, 2011 2:02:35 pm PDT #15619 of 28296
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Rayne, I have also read the Rothfuss books, and I liked them very, very much! BIG recommend!

I DL'd the sample chapter of "Miss Peregrine's..." and really wanted to like it...and didn't.


sumi - Jul 07, 2011 4:19:09 pm PDT #15620 of 28296
Art Crawl!!!

I'm sure it will be crazy. . .


Kathy A - Jul 08, 2011 8:30:52 am PDT #15621 of 28296
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Harry Potter and Medical Research.