Well, it worked for me.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
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."
sumi - Dec 21, 2006 6:27:04 pm PST #1721 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
Megan E. - Dec 27, 2006 5:08:08 am PST #1722 of 28160
Ok, I recently finished Nora Roberts' Circle Trilogy and I have 1 question: Why is the trilogy 1000 pages and the epic battle less than 15 pages?
If anyone wants these books, send me an email to my profile address and they're yours!
Amy - Dec 27, 2006 5:57:30 am PST #1723 of 28160
Because books.
Honestly, Megan? Because I don't think writing that kind of scene is one of Nora's strong points, nor especially interesting to her. (Or to me, to be frank. I can watch that stuff, but reading it makes me crazy. And bored.)
Jesse - Dec 27, 2006 6:04:07 am PST #1724 of 28160
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Me too, Amy -- I thought that was just right!
Lee - Dec 27, 2006 6:34:18 am PST #1725 of 28160
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I skimmed the 15 pages. I figured I already knew that the good guys would win, and had no interest in reading the mechanics of getting to that point.
Amy - Dec 27, 2006 6:37:20 am PST #1726 of 28160
Because books.
Exactly. This is one of the reasons reading the LotR trilogy is a little off-putting to me.
Also, romance? Happy ending guaranteed.
Megan E. - Dec 27, 2006 7:00:13 am PST #1727 of 28160
I've never read Nora Roberts before but I guess from what I knew of her previous books I should have expected the hooking up of all of the characters with one another and the snog-age and not much with the fightage. I did like the ending where it's revealed that Cian is the narrator of the story.
Jesse - Dec 27, 2006 7:38:40 am PST #1728 of 28160
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
By the end of the first book, I could tell it was going to have to be Moira and Cian (those are the right names, right) in the last book, and I absolutely could not see it working. Luckily, Moira basically had a personality transplant.
sumi - Dec 27, 2006 7:22:43 pm PST #1729 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
Is there an issue with the title of the next HP book? I mean, what do I know about adverbs and their uses compared to any other buffista!
Then there are those for whom the word "deathly" was cringe-inducing for a different reason - the readers who thought Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was in dire need of a strong editing hand. "Deathly" is an adverb. In the title of the book. How lazy can you get?
Nutty - Dec 27, 2006 7:33:35 pm PST #1730 of 28160
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Is there a rule against adverbs in titles? This is news to me. Best American Essays ? "Best" is an adverb, right? (Adjectives modify nouns, while adverbs mofidy verbs and adjectives.)
Also, the L-Y construction doesn't have to be an adverb, does it? I mean, Jennifer was always a sickly child. "sickly" modifies "child", and so is an adjective. I think the L-Y construction is usually a signal of an oncoming adverb, but may instead be, as in this case, an archaic abbreviation of "like".
the Deathly Hallows are hallows that are deathly, i.e. death-like, i.e., nouns modified by adjectives. By all means, criticize J. K. Rowling for boring use of adverbs, but, criticize the right adverbs, you know?