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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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Atropa - Aug 12, 2011 1:25:37 pm PDT #16015 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

even when I got to the afterkill part as a teen I was like "Really? THAT'S how Beverly got the group mojo flowing again? At 11, 12 in the 50's? Huh."

Argh, I know. But the first half or so of It is flat-out terrifying.

I think she's got a fascinating brain

That is one way to describe Caitlin, that's for sure.

I am sitting in the kitten room in the basement, which is brightly lit. It's daylight. I am reading bits of 'Salem's Lot for the Nocturnal House post I'm writing, and I am freaking myself out. This is ridiculous.

Amy - Aug 12, 2011 1:28:28 pm PDT #16016 of 28293
Because books.

I saw Lost Souls in the bookstore today and almost picked it up, but then I decided on King's Duma Key instead.

I haven't read The Yellow Wallpaper in years, but I did love it.

Beverly - Aug 12, 2011 1:48:48 pm PDT #16017 of 28293
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Totally agree on Harvest Home. I just had a mental image of...stitches yesterday, in re a current discussion. The book made a huge impression and is always at hand for reference. (Non-closure of bone growth plates. Matriarchal society. Lilacs. Stitches. Shudder)

Yellow wallpaper is def horror. I was assigned it to read as a high school drama test, along with a couple characters from Spoon River. Brrr.

hippocampus - Aug 12, 2011 2:32:22 pm PDT #16018 of 28293
not your mom's socks.

House of Leaves just came up somewhere else, so now I must.

and yes, Yellow Wallpaper is horror.

Strix - Aug 12, 2011 3:15:43 pm PDT #16019 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I liked Duma Key, Amy. But I thought Bag of Bones was possibly the best thing he's written. Not the scariest, but the best.

-t - Aug 12, 2011 3:43:20 pm PDT #16020 of 28293
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Not on the current topic, but there might be a few Buffistas who need this: [link]

Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2011 3:46:30 pm PDT #16021 of 28293
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Ghost Story is the only one of Straub's stories I found really compelling, but I haven't been able to find Julia to see, so...

Did you try Shadowland? Because that is both scary as hell and gorgeous on the subject of Magic (as performed by stage magicians vs. as performed by "real" magicians).

DawnK - Aug 12, 2011 4:07:48 pm PDT #16022 of 28293
giraffe mode

While Floating Dragon scared the crap out of me, Shadowland has stayed with me. I think I've read it maybe 3 times, and like Frank said, it'll come back and haunt ya.

Amy - Aug 12, 2011 4:25:14 pm PDT #16023 of 28293
Because books.

I don't think I read Shadowland. Maybe I should.

I found it really weird that they had Straub in fiction in the used bookstore, but King in horror (even stuff like The Green Mile ).

Strix - Aug 13, 2011 6:34:34 am PDT #16024 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Was Shadowlands the one with the house? And the kids?

Maybe I'm thinking Elizabeth Hand (whose, BTW, Waking the Moon? I really love. NSM some of her other stuff.)

Now I'm going to have to look for Shadowlands.

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