Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Story of A Part-Time Indian" It has cartoons in it.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 6:30:08 am PST #16847 of 28287
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2011 6:33:44 am PST #16848 of 28287
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
+1!
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 6:42:33 am PST #16849 of 28287
Always Anti-fascist!
Does that mean you like my suggestion? Internet slang moves fast sometimes... it is a great book...gritty and affirming at the same time.
Strix - Nov 16, 2011 7:33:10 am PST #16850 of 28287
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yeah, that's a like, erika, and I second the like. That's a great book.
Consuela - Nov 16, 2011 7:44:03 am PST #16851 of 28287
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, yes, Sherman Alexie is excellent. Hmm, I haven't gotten aroudn to it myself, but what about Oscar Wao? Or Cory Doctorow's Little Brother? (I thought the ending was ridiculous and almost completely undercut his argument, but it is popular among a certain geeky set...)
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 7:47:35 am PST #16852 of 28287
Always Anti-fascist!
Oscar Wao was very good, but quite intricate...I'd reccomend it to good readers, though. Especially geeks. I liked the voice...very distinctive.
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2011 7:55:56 am PST #16853 of 28287
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm that one guy who didn't like Oscar Wao.
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 8:10:18 am PST #16854 of 28287
Always Anti-fascist!
But I've noticed, dude(ha!) that you seem, on average, to take characters' morality very personally. Like with The Wire wondering where all the happy marriages are.(I used to do it, too...maybe Simon broke me of the habit? An online friend used to say that the Blown Deadline ethic is that "Happy endings are for massage parlors." Junior is kind of a dick, but for me, it kind of helped(as a reader, not a date) that he seems to know that about himself. Maybe it helped that I studied more Spanish...
Kate P. - Nov 16, 2011 8:38:43 am PST #16855 of 28287
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I would think Oscar Wao would be a tricky book to get a whole group of 10th graders to like, though it could generate great discussions.
Is the new Jay Asher/Carolyn Meckler book any good?
I liked it a lot, though part of what sucked me in was that the characters' milieu was basically exactly my high school experience (1996 in a middle/upper-middle-class Northeastern suburb, the thrill of discovering email and the Internet). It resonated with me as an adult, but I'm not sure how much of that was the book itself and how much was my identification with the characters. But it was definitely a quick, absorbing read.
Everyone is suggesting great books! Now I want to reread that John Marsden series. I loved those books.
sumi - Nov 16, 2011 10:51:23 am PST #16856 of 28287
Art Crawl!!!