I had no idea that The Academy sneered at audiobooks. [link]
Huh.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Consuela - Feb 20, 2012 8:44:05 am PST #17914 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
smonster - Feb 20, 2012 9:12:02 am PST #17915 of 28261
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Okay, I feel validated. At least I only got it used? I bought the third one, too, b/c it's set in New Orleans. Maybe I'll put together a box of books to send to Powells.
Strega - Feb 20, 2012 9:24:18 am PST #17916 of 28261
I had no idea that The Academy sneered at audiobooks.Perhaps it's a misunderstanding and they're actually sneering at her for writing sentences like "But let’s be honest: when it comes to their own reading, nobody doesn’t like ease." Ugh.
I also don't understand why she answers her own question a few paragraphs in, and then keeps asking it.
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2012 9:33:11 am PST #17917 of 28261
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What Academy are we talking about here?
Strix - Feb 20, 2012 9:47:05 am PST #17918 of 28261
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I didn't love Boneshaker, and didn't get the hype. Very bland IMO.
Ginger - Feb 20, 2012 9:52:51 am PST #17919 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I liked Boneshaker
Steph L. - Feb 20, 2012 9:54:22 am PST #17920 of 28261
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ginger, I know a lot of people who did, which is why I checked it out -- I generally trust my friends' taste, and if they liked it, there's a strong chance I will, too. And that's also why I was bummed to not like it.
Ginger - Feb 20, 2012 10:04:44 am PST #17921 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think it would have been a better book if it had stuck with the voice of the mother, but I liked the characters and the story, plus all the jury-rigged survival stuff.
sumi - Feb 20, 2012 10:21:55 am PST #17922 of 28261
Art Crawl!!!
Fun story about Cormac McCarthy copy editing books from physicists.
Atropa - Feb 20, 2012 10:31:03 am PST #17923 of 28261
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I thought Boneshaker was fun, but I like Cherie's urban fantasy novels better. (Bloodshot and ... I am blanking on the sequel.)
Audible just informed me there is a version of Dracula read by Alan Cumming and TIM CURRY. BRB, buying an audiobook.