Since Buffistas almost always have an opinion, help me choose what to read next year.
Thanks!
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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 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
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I picked Owen Meany (but I voted). But John Irving is my favorite modern author, so it is to be expected.
DavidS - Dec 27, 2011 9:17:41 am PST #17231 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But John Irving is my favorite modern author
Ooh! Did you read The Water Method Man? I think that's his funniest.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 27, 2011 9:23:29 am PST #17232 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I did read the Water Method Man, but I haven't re-read recently. I always thought Hotel New Hampshire was the funniest-- the stuffed dog named Sorrow!!!-- and you are laughing and laughing, and then you are crying.