You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.

Willow ,'Empty Places'


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."


meara - Jan 28, 2012 7:35:01 pm PST #17700 of 28261

Has anyone read Veronica Roth's Divergent?

Yes, I enjoyed it, though the last bit that was very "and now there will be a sequel!" annoyed me. And it's much like the many dystopia-novels, where the whole thing is a little weird and fake, but still, entertaining.


Strix - Jan 29, 2012 11:33:17 am PST #17701 of 28261
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Rushing through Skulduggery whitefont; I'm going to Powell's website right now to see if I can find the other books at a decent price.

And if I can find the Kylie Chan books (Australia) that aren't really available in the US for my sister and dad, I will be a fucking HEROINE.

ETA: SCORE! Skulduggery Pleasant books and FREE SHIPPING this weekend! No love on the not-available-in-US-yet Chan books.


smonster - Jan 29, 2012 11:58:43 am PST #17702 of 28261
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

SCORE! Skulduggery Pleasant books and FREE SHIPPING this weekend!

::whimpers:: I have books to read and can't afford it, I have books to read and can't afford it, there will be other free shipping days in the future, la la la...


Strix - Jan 29, 2012 12:10:14 pm PST #17703 of 28261
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I know! The last Skulduggery is $23, and I'm hemming and hawing and, and...

Krav maga or series completion (to the point of being published)?

Wafflewafflewaffle....


Amy - Jan 29, 2012 4:52:25 pm PST #17704 of 28261
Because books.

People who've borrowed from the Kindle library: When I borrowed Water for Elephants, it said I couldn't borrow another book until Feb. 1 (I think). If I'm not done with the book by then, is it going to disappear?


Connie Neil - Jan 29, 2012 4:53:42 pm PST #17705 of 28261
brillig

I believe it will disappear, but people with more direct experience will have a better answer.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 29, 2012 5:09:18 pm PST #17706 of 28261
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I just read that as "like water for elephants".

I haven't had anything disappear yet, but I have always finished reading by months end (I borrowed Hunger Games in December and Catching Fire in January)


Ginger - Jan 29, 2012 5:29:13 pm PST #17707 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

The Georgia Center for the Book is touting the World Book Night [link] Participants get 20 books to distribute to people who aren't really readers. They decide who participates based on their statement of how they would give away the books. I'm thinking about it, but I'd have to figure out something to say by Wednesday. You have to have read and liked the book, so my choice would have to be between The Stand, The Hunger Games, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Kindred. I like Q is for Quarry, but giving someone a book in the middle of a long series doesn't strike me as something that would encourage reading.


Kat - Jan 30, 2012 3:21:19 am PST #17708 of 28261
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I applied to give Absolute..Indian.


Amy - Jan 30, 2012 4:17:02 am PST #17709 of 28261
Because books.

I'm trying to figure out if there's a recognized group I could apply to donate to. There are a lot of underserved kids in this community, but I'm not sure what channel to give through.