A sequel to The Shining! I had no idea.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Amy - Sep 25, 2011 5:32:59 pm PDT #16451 of 28388
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2011 6:19:32 pm PDT #16452 of 28388
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
HOLY SHIT WHAT.
Although I don't know about that. The Shining was all about the Overlook.
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2011 6:35:10 pm PDT #16453 of 28388
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror has forever made me hear that in my head as "The Shinning," in Groundskeeper Willie's voice.
Liese S. - Sep 25, 2011 8:41:26 pm PDT #16454 of 28388
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The 2nd and 3rd should be read together, IMO.
Good to know!
Toddson - Sep 26, 2011 4:47:25 am PDT #16455 of 28388
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I got a collection of short stories - urban fantasy - and the first story is a Harry Dresden where he investigates the cause and continuation of The Billy Goat Curse.
sumi - Sep 26, 2011 5:52:44 am PDT #16456 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!
Cool.
sumi - Sep 26, 2011 11:44:10 am PDT #16457 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!
le nubian - Sep 26, 2011 1:09:49 pm PDT #16458 of 28388
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the comments for that piece have me laughing out loud.
DavidS - Sep 27, 2011 7:21:18 am PDT #16459 of 28388
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm curious about this. The collected juvenilia of the Brontes.
Amy - Sep 28, 2011 7:52:11 am PDT #16460 of 28388
Because books.
Kate P.! I'm in the BookPage kids' newsletter today! I'm just reading along, enjoying the book recs, and there I am! Wow! I'm beaming here!