An essay on girls, SF and 50 years of A Wrinkle in Time: [link]
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
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."
Ginger - Jan 27, 2012 8:37:09 am PST #17631 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2012 8:40:13 am PST #17632 of 28261
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 28261
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 28261
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 28261
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 28261
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 28261
"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 28261
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 28261
"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.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2012 10:15:36 am PST #17640 of 28261
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I found the rest of the Skulduggery Pleasant books (4-6, that's it, right?)
Yup, so far. SHIT GETS REAL. Okay, real-er.