I was going to say -- just because he posts them one at a time, doesn't mean he's just watching one at a time...
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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."
Jesse - Jan 27, 2012 8:23:26 am PST #17630 of 28706
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ginger - Jan 27, 2012 8:37:09 am PST #17631 of 28706
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
An essay on girls, SF and 50 years of A Wrinkle in Time: [link]
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2012 8:40:13 am PST #17632 of 28706
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
just because he posts them one at a time, doesn't mean he's just watching one at a time...
What kind of unmagical skeptic are you? I bet you tell kids there's no Santa Claus too, huh?
-t - Jan 27, 2012 9:47:48 am PST #17633 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Think of all the instant gratification cash can give you.
I don't see "I'll wait and have more instant gratification later" being a really effective way to change behavior, but maybe that's just me.
I found the rest of the Skulduggery Pleasant books (4-6, that's it, right?) available through Powell's, who apparently has an International Warehouse. I thought that was news worth sharing, that Powell's has an International Warehouse for your imported book buying needs.
Strix - Jan 27, 2012 9:57:07 am PST #17634 of 28706
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2012 10:05:36 am PST #17635 of 28706
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't see "I'll wait and have more instant gratification later" being a really effective way to change behavior
Works for me, if I get a bigger bang. A really obviously bigger bang. I'm simplistic that way.
Amy - Jan 27, 2012 10:07:34 am PST #17636 of 28706
Because books.
I'm reading Water for Elephants, and I keep calling it Like Water for Elephants. Oops.
Was there a consensus on A Discovery of Witches? My mom has a copy I can borrow, but I seem to remember some readers here didn't like it.
sj - Jan 27, 2012 10:10:07 am PST #17637 of 28706
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm reading Water for Elephants, and I keep calling it Like Water for Elephants. Oops.
I did the same thing when I was reading it. Do you like it?
Was there a consensus on A Discovery of Witches? My mom has a copy I can borrow, but I seem to remember some readers here didn't like it.
I only read the kindle sample, but I hated what I read of it.
Amy - Jan 27, 2012 10:11:19 am PST #17638 of 28706
Because books.
I do like it, sj! It's really straightforward, although I do like old!Jacob's crankiness. I'm only ... 27% through, according to the Kindle, but it's entertaining.
sj - Jan 27, 2012 10:12:27 am PST #17639 of 28706
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I do like it, sj! It's really straightforward, although I do like old!Jacob's crankiness. I'm only ... 27% through, according to the Kindle, but it's entertaining.
I really wish they had done more with the old!Jacob character in the movie. He is so entertaining in the book. I loved loved loved the book.