Some local writers are organizing a YA book club to meet monthly, and our first book is going to be The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It's supposed to be heartbreaking, too.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Amy - Feb 29, 2012 4:47:13 pm PST #18078 of 28282
Because books.
meara - Feb 29, 2012 4:48:33 pm PST #18079 of 28282
It is. It was also super weird because it's set in my hometown and references things like the mall we used to hang out with and my high school!!
Amy - Feb 29, 2012 4:49:53 pm PST #18080 of 28282
Because books.
Oh, wild! I haven't read any John Green yet, and I've been told by a lot of other YA writers this is a huge failing on my part.
Kat - Feb 29, 2012 5:57:29 pm PST #18081 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Some local writers are organizing a YA book club to meet monthly, and our first book is going to be The Fault in Our Stars
I've heard great things about it. I loved an Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns.
My book group[ just finished Bliss, which got a resounding Meh and are on to Variant. Which I thought was great but is an exercise in frustration.
Kate P. - Mar 01, 2012 8:53:28 am PST #18082 of 28282
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I love John Green. I had the chance to hear the acceptance speeches by the winners of the Printz Award and Honors a few years back, when both M.T. Anderson and John Green won honors, and they both gave jaw-droppingly fantastic speeches. One of the highlights of my time in YA-world!
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2012 2:42:18 pm PST #18083 of 28282
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I just finished reading Good Omens (in a word: AHAHAHAHA!! Also: awesome!) and... if ever this gets made into a movie, which is interesting to contemplate, SURELY they should cast Mark Sheppard as Crowley, right? I cannot even imaging anyone else in the role.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2012 2:44:06 pm PST #18084 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Given that Mark Sheppard just finished playing a demon named Crowley (well, maybe not finished, but he's had a good run so far), I'm actually mostly hoping they find someone else.
Typo Boy - Mar 01, 2012 2:48:22 pm PST #18085 of 28282
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Michael Caine would make a great Crowley.
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2012 3:12:27 pm PST #18086 of 28282
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Mark Sheppard just finished playing a demon named Crowley
Huh. I did not know that. Supernatural, I suppose. (It's too bad, because he really is perfect for this character. I could totally hear Sheppard's voice in the dialog throughout the book. Plus that face in the ubiquitous shades, of course.)
Jessica - Mar 01, 2012 3:34:49 pm PST #18087 of 28282
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I want Anthony Stewart Head for Aziraphale. Or Ian McKellan.