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.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
smonster - Feb 20, 2012 9:12:02 am PST #17915 of 28261
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
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.
sumi - Feb 20, 2012 11:04:38 am PST #17924 of 28261
Art Crawl!!!
ha! I was just coming in to post the Cumming/Curry Dracula.