Are we looking at fiction or non-fiction. For NF my vote would be "Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees" by Lawrence Weschler.
I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.
Mal ,'Trash'
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."
Sue - Oct 11, 2011 3:29:20 am PDT #16598 of 28287
hip deep in pie
Kathy A - Oct 11, 2011 4:33:27 am PDT #16599 of 28287
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
Isn't this a book? I think I have it on my history bookshelves.
Ginger - Oct 11, 2011 5:44:25 am PDT #16600 of 28287
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
On the art theme, Song of the Lark. Willa Cather is the answer to many things.
Polter-Cow - Oct 11, 2011 6:01:36 am PDT #16601 of 28287
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Like insomnia! Ooh, burn.
megan walker - Oct 11, 2011 6:18:17 am PDT #16602 of 28287
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Are we looking at fiction or non-fiction
Usually people read fiction, but some themes lend themselves to non-fiction. Lots of people read non-fiction for "Water, Water Everywhere" and the "Around the World in 30 Books" list was half and half.
Isn't this a book? I think I have it on my history bookshelves.
Yes. We have a Dickens fan in our group but I didn't want to limit it to one author. The list is all classics but I'm reading more contemporary stuff that takes place in the 19th century like Angels and Insects and The French Lieutenant's Woman.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2011 6:23:51 am PDT #16603 of 28287
brillig
So I'm working through Skulduggery Pleasant, and it may just be that I'm too old to really sympathize with a 12-year-old, but Stephanie's casual dismissal of a "normal" life is irking me. I know the whole point of adolescence is a fair amount of self-absorption and boredom and frustration with the status quo, but I'm afraid I'm looking forward to her learning that normal isn't so bad.
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2011 6:42:09 am PDT #16604 of 28287
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Stephanie's casual dismissal of a "normal" life is irking me. I know the whole point of adolescence is a fair amount of self-absorption and boredom and frustration with the status quo, but I'm afraid I'm looking forward to her learning that normal isn't so bad.
I'm okay with it, but I was always the kid who really believed that if I could just find the right damn closet, I could find Narnia. (I still do, if you want to know the truth.) So I'm right on board with Harry Potter finding out that all this muggle shit is not his destiny, and with Stephanie Edgley finding out that there really is more out there than she thought.
Strix - Oct 11, 2011 6:54:01 am PDT #16605 of 28287
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And if you see magic as a metaphor for art or writing or being your own person, or making sweaters out of dog fur, I think the message is pretty cool for teens. You don't always have to conform -- you CAN love things other people think you're crazy for loving.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2011 10:14:50 am PDT #16606 of 28287
brillig
continuing Skulduggery . . .
And Stephanie finds her name and realizes she needs to pick up some more information before she can really be effective at this. Ah, self-awareness is sweet. There may be something to this young lady after all.
Atropa - Oct 11, 2011 2:23:13 pm PDT #16607 of 28287
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I get to go see Sir Terry Pratchett speak tonight! On the one hand, I'm excited, 'cos Sir Terry! On the other hand, this is going to be bittersweet, because this is probably the last book tour he'll be doing. I'm wearing cry-proof eyeliner, just to be safe.