And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.

Angelus ,'Damage'


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."


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 5:50:13 pm PST #17504 of 28263
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So far I'm decently good at not dropping shit (and the Nook looks like it will bounce okay...let's tempt fate some more) but having seen what two slips did to my sister's iPod Touch...sheeit. Better be careful.


Amy - Jan 18, 2012 5:53:15 pm PST #17505 of 28263
Because books.

My Kindle felt a little too slick to me without the cover. And between cats and kids and my own tendency to spill stuff occasionally, I like having the cover on mine.

I did buy another one, but when it arrived it smelled so horribly of vinyl and dye or something, I had to put it away. I also didn't like it as much as this one S. got for on clearance at TJ Maxx, I think.


Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2012 10:05:32 pm PST #17506 of 28263
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The case was part of my Christmas present, otherwise I might have picked something like this [link]

ZOMG. Very cool. But I want a thin case to retain the nice, slim portability the Kindle has.


sj - Jan 19, 2012 3:01:45 am PST #17507 of 28263
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I bought this type of case for my kindle. I like it because if I am traveling I feel it is cushioned enough to throw it in my backpack with other stuff.


sumi - Jan 19, 2012 4:36:18 am PST #17508 of 28263
Art Crawl!!!

This is the case I bought for my kindle.


DavidS - Jan 19, 2012 4:44:53 am PST #17509 of 28263
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

A recording of Flannery O'Connor reading "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" at Vanderbilt University, 1959.


bennett - Jan 19, 2012 7:09:26 am PST #17510 of 28263

The 10th anniversary edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods is available on the Kindle for $1.99 - [link] . Dunno for how long, so probably best to grab while you can.


bennett - Jan 19, 2012 7:12:31 am PST #17511 of 28263

Which raises a different Kindle issue - where do y'all go to find out about Kindle/e-book deals? I regularly check out Daily Cheap Reads but are there other places I should be looking as well?


meara - Jan 19, 2012 7:17:14 am PST #17512 of 28263

I was doing some...ahem...and buying more than I wanted (especially since sometimes they were MORE expensive than the paperback due to publisher demands!) but now I am almost exclusively reading from the library. Yay, library!


sumi - Jan 19, 2012 7:23:15 am PST #17513 of 28263
Art Crawl!!!

Amazon emails me the Kindle deal of the day.