I really enjoyed Heartless. And I'd read it again but I sent it back with my Dad. He really enjoyed the other ones so I left them down at the beach. However I have no idea what his reaction to the bisexuality will be.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
askye - Jul 29, 2011 7:18:32 pm PDT #15805 of 28293
Thrive to spite them
Atropa - Jul 29, 2011 7:30:34 pm PDT #15806 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
See, I had guessed Lyall's bisexuality , but Lyall and Alexia's father? HOLY SHIT. Did not see that coming AT ALL. And Felicity being a spy and tea-girl for the hive queen? Daaaaaamn.
I also loved the oath for the Parasol Protectorate. I'm really tempted to figure out how to paint it on a jacket sleeve in a nice script.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2011 8:00:25 pm PDT #15807 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I just get more and more tickled with Ivy as the books go on. I was a little sad there wasn't more Ivy.
And Biffy + Chateau du Poupe = OTP!
hippocampus - Jul 30, 2011 2:18:54 am PDT #15808 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
I'm starting wintersmith next week. Loved WFM and Hat Full of Sky. I'm willing to argue that WFM is an 'anybody' book - a really good story a good reader of any age can love. The book's language is less difficult than, say, Harry Potter, and the scary bits are scary in different ways than HP. The psychological stuff and the subtext shifts beautifully (as per my 2 sample in-house test) depending on the age of the reader. So far, it seems to give you exactly the story you should hear, whatever your age. I love that. I'm guessing as Tiffany ages, we'll slow down reading the books, as we're doing with HP. But for now, HKF adores and wants to be Tiffany, and I can't blame her a bit. I'm completely charmed.
Connie Neil - Jul 30, 2011 8:31:49 am PDT #15809 of 28293
brillig
Is there another one after Wintersmith?
-t - Jul 30, 2011 9:02:29 am PDT #15810 of 28293
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I Shall Wear Midnight
Polter-Cow - Jul 30, 2011 9:32:38 am PDT #15811 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
George would be super-hard to cast, but ITA with Jensen Ackles as Shaun, and Fillion as Ryman. Although casting Fillion in something that doesn't use his quirky humor more is almost a waste. If he were 15 years younger, I'd say Shaun.
Seanan's choices are Allison Scagliotti and Jason Dohring. Check out this fanart! (More here.)
Aims - Jul 30, 2011 9:49:51 am PDT #15812 of 28293
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I also choose Jason Dohring. But for a whole 'nother thing.
Volans - Jul 30, 2011 11:30:04 am PDT #15813 of 28293
move out and draw fire
So I was flipping thru an issue of W magazine featuring The girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (American film version). The director said that Lisbeth Salander is the goth Pippi Longstocking. Given that I haven't seen the movie, and have only read the books, and have also never read Pippi Longstocking, I'm still intrigued by this idea.
Thoughts from readers familiar with Pippi?
(the actress, Rooney Mara, also said that the ear cartilage piercings hurt worse than the nipple piercing, which I also found interesting, but that's sort of out of the scope of this thread).
Amy - Jul 30, 2011 11:51:02 am PDT #15814 of 28293
Because books.
I can't speak to the second (although I had a friend who said it was no big deal for her), but I will say my cartilage piercing hurt like a bitch, and I ended up letting it close.