Read it for free, Jesse. It was okay...though I was irritated by it at points.
Also, EVERYONE should read Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. I'd love to teach this book.
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'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."
Kat - Aug 26, 2011 5:47:01 pm PDT #16188 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy - Aug 26, 2011 5:51:17 pm PDT #16189 of 28333
Because books.
Also, EVERYONE should read Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. I'd love to teach this book.
I got it signed by him (well, a galley) at BEA, and he was so charming, so completely what you'd expect for the author of that book. I've only skimmed so far, because I was too busy to read it at the time, but what I read I loved. My mom has it now. And the cover is spectacular.
Kat - Aug 26, 2011 5:53:10 pm PDT #16190 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It's a wonderful book. I love the narrator. I also love how this is sort of a Great Gatsby, a decade later. Nice to read a Great Depression book that isn't.
I cannot believe he's an investment banker!
chrismg - Aug 27, 2011 9:53:47 am PDT #16191 of 28333
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Anyone want a bunch of coverless Piers Anthony paperbacks? We're clearing out my old room at my folks' house.
Jessica - Aug 31, 2011 7:23:04 am PDT #16192 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sumi - Sep 01, 2011 8:01:23 am PDT #16193 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
Sherwood Smith's Once a Princess for Kindle is free today.
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 8:02:14 am PDT #16194 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Damn, I have that one already. I would like the sequel, though...
sumi - Sep 01, 2011 8:11:11 am PDT #16195 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
But do you have it on Kindle?
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 8:15:36 am PDT #16196 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
No, that's true.
Kathy A - Sep 01, 2011 8:15:44 am PDT #16197 of 28333
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
a meteorologist is fact-checking Laura Ingalls Wilder
I went to the first meeting of my fall library class last night--Reference in the Humanities. For our final project, we have to put together a report on a topic that covers multiple disciplines in what we're researching this semester (music, dance, religion/philosphy, art, TV, movies, literature, architecture), and seeing this post earlier in the day made me think about doing my final on Laura Ingalls Wilder. I can utilize the lit and TV aspects, throwing in the houses that are preserved or recreated and the museums they contain, and also use the CDs I have of the music from the books, which are really excellent recordings, btw. The teacher approved it when I mentioned it to him after class after I explained all the different aspects I can present.
So, thanks Jessica for reminding me of LIW!!