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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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Hil R. - Jul 29, 2011 11:08:05 am PDT #15785 of 28293

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One school, all girls, came wafting in, graceful arm gestures, some kind of gentle pastel effect. Another, all boys, marched in, did some kind of thudding their ... staffs? ... down. It's been a while since I saw it, but it hit me so that I still remember it. Did it hit anyone else that way?

It hit me that way, too. In the books, I think the pastelly school was co-ed, but there wasn't much mention of the boys, since the only character from that school who really mattered for the plot was Fleur. But I do remember some boys being mentioned once or twice, just in a general sort of "the boys and girls entered" thing.

smonster - Jul 29, 2011 11:15:35 am PDT #15786 of 28293

We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Toddson, it bugged me, too.

Volans - Jul 29, 2011 11:15:48 am PDT #15787 of 28293

move out and draw fire

Oh, that's not the least of the subtexty text in GoF.

Toddson - Jul 29, 2011 11:28:10 am PDT #15788 of 28293

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Oh, so glad it wasn't just me.

Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2011 11:28:40 am PDT #15789 of 28293

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

When you put it that way, you're totally right. I never thought about it that way, but yes, if you were to try to read OotP on its own, it would be a huge disappointment. Whereas you could read the first few books as stand-alones and still read a great story.

Maybe that's why I'm enjoying it more now, because I'm reading it as part of the long tale and not as The Book That Just Came Out.

Also, how much do I hate Pansy Parkinson? All she does is walk around being awful. At least Draco has LAYERS.

Laga - Jul 29, 2011 11:56:50 am PDT #15790 of 28293

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I couldn't help noticing that the Durmstrang fire bender turned a snake into a phoenix.

Jessica - Jul 29, 2011 12:39:03 pm PDT #15791 of 28293

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Discworld question - Audible lists Wee Free Men as "Discworld Children's Book 2". Is there a book 1 I should be looking for, or is this the first Tiffany Aching book?

DavidS - Jul 29, 2011 12:40:34 pm PDT #15792 of 28293

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is there a book 1 I should be looking for, or is this the first Tiffany Aching book?

That's the first Tiffany Aching book. Make sure you get the Stephen Briggs version. Another guy does the abridged version of Hatful of Stars and he's not nearly as good. I think Pratchett did another book marketed to kids but it wasn't in this series.

Jessica - Jul 29, 2011 12:42:23 pm PDT #15793 of 28293

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Thanks! Audible has Stephen Briggs doing all of them, it looks like.

-t - Jul 29, 2011 12:44:23 pm PDT #15794 of 28293

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Wee Free Men is the first Tiffany Aching, go ahead and jump in. Discworld Children's Book 1 might be The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents? Or a mistake.

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