I couldn't help noticing that the Durmstrang fire bender turned a snake into a phoenix.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
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 - Jul 29, 2011 11:56:50 am PDT #15790 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
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.
Connie Neil - Jul 29, 2011 12:45:27 pm PDT #15795 of 28293
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I'm reading Wee Free Men at the moment, and so far the only thing that seems "aimed towards children" is the fact that Tiffany's a kid. But I've never been clear on what makes something YA.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2011 1:03:39 pm PDT #15796 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The age of the protagonist.
Seriously, I cannot think of any other reason for something like The Book Thief to be considered YA. (I think it was marketed as adult in Australia, at least.)
Amy - Jul 29, 2011 1:20:18 pm PDT #15797 of 28293
Because books.
The age of the protagonist.
Not always, though. Bastard Out of Carolina, for instance, is largely about a child, but it's not a YA book. It doesn't mean teens can't or shouldn't read it, but it's not marketed to them because the subject matter is really weighty, and it's an adult's perspective on the issue.
Winter's Bone is another example, while True Grit, if written today, probably would be marketed as YA.
Atropa - Jul 29, 2011 2:28:59 pm PDT #15798 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
A comment from Teppy that I'm replying to in this thread:
Also, and I realize this is the wrong thread for it, I just finished Heartless, and it actually made me say "Holy SHIT!" out loud, at about 4 different places in the book.
I KNOW, RIGHT?! I love the last image of the book. LOVE.
I finally caved and subscribed to Yen Press's digital manga magazine so I could read the monthly installments of the Soulless manga. I agree with Pete, that is NOT what Lord Maccon looks like. Not at all. But the manga version of Lord Akeldama is fantastic.
Strix - Jul 29, 2011 2:30:16 pm PDT #15799 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ITA; BOoC is NOT YA.
I taught it to seniors, and I have extremely liberal standards (and if a teen wanted to read it, I would never censor, but would be blunt about its graphic nature) but it's definitely adult fiction, told through the POV of a violently abused girl.
Neither is Winter's Bone. Although both were very good.
I haven't read The Book Thief yet, though.