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.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
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 4:49:53 pm PST #18080 of 28282
Because books.
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.
smonster - Mar 01, 2012 3:39:15 pm PST #18088 of 28282
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I see Crowley as more sinuous and lanky than Sheppard, but I don't know who that would be.
DebetEsse - Mar 01, 2012 4:18:12 pm PST #18089 of 28282
Woe to the fucking wicked.
My dream cast for Good Omens has been Fry and Laurie since I read it.