Also, Teppy, have you read "Goliath" yet?
To my utter shame, I haven't even read "Behemoth" yet. They're on my to-read list, but I'm still working my way through the Amelia Peabody books, and I just got "The Magician King" from the library Friday.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
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."
Steph L. - Oct 09, 2011 6:40:09 am PDT #16554 of 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Strix - Oct 09, 2011 7:30:01 am PDT #16555 of 28769
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I read 'Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest the other day -- it's on sale at B&N for 2.99, had $3 in my change jar so said eff it.
I was underwhelmed.
Dana - Oct 09, 2011 7:55:42 am PDT #16556 of 28769
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
That was my reaction to it too.
Strix - Oct 09, 2011 8:04:14 am PDT #16557 of 28769
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Good, it wasn't just me. I felt the characters weren't really developed well. I could have really cared less about them.
Steph L. - Oct 09, 2011 9:03:03 am PDT #16558 of 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
I started Boneshaker and didn't finish it. The premise sounded right up my alley, but I just wasn't feeling it. I hate not finishing books, but I could NOT get into it, and life is too short.
Sue - Oct 09, 2011 4:11:15 pm PDT #16559 of 28769
hip deep in pie
I read The Night Circus this weekend. Loved it. Love the world she built and reading the book was such a pleasure. Hated coming to the end of the book.
Ginger - Oct 09, 2011 4:45:30 pm PDT #16560 of 28769
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I liked Boneshaker. I had problems with the son as a viewpoint character, but I thought the other characters and the world building made it worthwhile. I am a sucker for cobbled together survival scenarios, though.
Connie Neil - Oct 09, 2011 6:33:35 pm PDT #16561 of 28769
brillig
Barnes & Noble has the Skullduggery Pleasant book as a free download too.
DebetEsse - Oct 09, 2011 6:54:56 pm PDT #16562 of 28769
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I've been plowing through the Hunger Games books, and, with about a third of Mockingjay left, I am posting. I've been reading Mark Reads along with the books (well, less so Catching Fire, which I was compelled to read in one most-of-the-night sitting, but I read afterward).
So, at this point:
- I want to recommend these books to everyone ever. We can haz consequences.
- I was picturing Finnick as at least in his 30s, if not pushing 40 (yes, I had previously done the math on Haymitch. I have no explanation for this delusion.), and then I checked the wiki, and he's, like, 26. He's younger than me. This is a fucked up world, yo.
- I kinda don't want either side to win.
- So, there's just a little bit of a food theme, eh? (I totally assumed Panem derived from "everything", rather than "bread", though.)
I expect to finish and then read the old posts here tonight. Maybe tomorrow, at the latest. I'm planning to go Occupy something tomorrow.
Strix - Oct 09, 2011 6:56:30 pm PDT #16563 of 28769
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Barnes & Noble has the Skullduggery Pleasant book as a free download too.
HELLS, YEAH!!!!