Personally, I thought A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was really great
Once I got though the first 50 pages or so, I really loved it.
Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.
'Lessons'
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."
megan walker - Dec 24, 2011 8:34:12 am PST #17221 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2011 8:45:53 am PST #17222 of 28282
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Me, too.
megan walker - Dec 27, 2011 12:24:19 am PST #17223 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
sj - Dec 27, 2011 5:10:24 am PST #17224 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
megan, I couldn't get OpenID to work, but I picked Middlemarch. I know, shocking.
Polter-Cow - Dec 27, 2011 7:32:13 am PST #17225 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, I got OPINIONS. It wouldn't let me use my LJ OpenID, but I got the Google sign-in to work.
I still haven't read Middlemarch. One day. Maybe. My votes go to Midnight's Children, Shadow of the Wind, Lolita, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Crime and Punishment.
hippocampus - Dec 27, 2011 8:00:51 am PST #17226 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
megan, I had trouble with OpenID too, but I went in under my google ID. What a great list of books.
I posted a catalog of sorts of my 2011 reading - already I've realized I left some things off. [link]
Pix - Dec 27, 2011 8:03:56 am PST #17227 of 28282
The status is NOT quo.
Lolita and Owen Meany are two of my favorites.
megan walker - Dec 27, 2011 8:54:54 am PST #17228 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I was pretty sure with that list that I would end up reading Owen Meany, Lolita, and Midnight's Children.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I'm intrigued to see where it ends up.
DavidS - Dec 27, 2011 8:56:04 am PST #17229 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, I was pretty sure with that list that I would end up reading Owen Meany, Lolita, and Midnight's Children.
If I could vote for three that's what I'd pick.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 27, 2011 9:15:09 am PST #17230 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I picked Owen Meany (but I voted). But John Irving is my favorite modern author, so it is to be expected.