Amy is a "hottest read." Yay!
Apparently, you have to be more than a little crazy to run a successful bookstore [link]
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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."
Ginger - Oct 13, 2011 8:47:27 am PDT #16647 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
lisah - Oct 13, 2011 9:08:25 am PDT #16648 of 28282
Punishingly Intricate
Oh I was just talking about that story with my bookstore owner friend! That lady is ridiculous!
flea - Oct 13, 2011 9:44:55 am PDT #16649 of 28282
information libertarian
I think you just have to be more than a little crazy to merit a style piece in the NYT. It also helps to be cute, I guess.
Toddson - Oct 13, 2011 10:22:55 am PDT #16650 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And looking like she does helps.
Strix - Oct 13, 2011 1:07:25 pm PDT #16651 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey, can anyone tell me again what page Amy's Entertainment Weekly mention is on? I have that issue and I glanced through it (Oct. 14th, right?) but I didn't find it.
Polter-Cow - Oct 13, 2011 1:12:26 pm PDT #16652 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't remember the exact page, but turn to the Books section, and I think if you turn back one or two pages, the ad is on the left.
Strix - Oct 13, 2011 1:14:22 pm PDT #16653 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ha, found it!! Awesome!!
Thanks, P-C!
Amy - Oct 13, 2011 7:57:10 pm PDT #16654 of 28282
Because books.
Look for Kelsey Grammer! Hee.
Thanks so much, guys. It's awesome to come in there and have people excited for me.
Also, having MY people at the signing in Seattle, my first one, was the amazing thing.
Liese S. - Oct 14, 2011 10:42:27 am PDT #16655 of 28282
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
So hi. This is me after finishing Persuasion, deciding to make a start on Catching Fire, then reading all the way through both remaining books, falling asleep briefly at 7, waking up a few hours later and finishing. Oops.
So, man, am I glad I decided not to read them when I did. Not only was it just bleak in general, but specific bits of the dystopia read like the tsunami evacuation and recovery, and I certainly could not have read them then. I'm not altogether sure I should have read it now.
le nubian - Oct 14, 2011 11:44:06 am PDT #16656 of 28282
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Liese,
I read it before tsunami hit Japan and the books depressed me for days. Just saying that even in an okay head space those books are DARK.
To be fair, you get adequate warnings in the first book. They are definitely there in the second book, but damn the ending of the 3rd book...
I don't think I like the 3rd book still. I like the themes generally, but I feel the writing and plot could have been tighter.