the question I have for you all: is this a good book?
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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."
le nubian - Mar 01, 2012 7:26:03 pm PST #18094 of 28282
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica - Mar 02, 2012 3:46:33 am PST #18095 of 28282
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
the question I have for you all: is this a good book?
Good Omens? Hell yeah! One of my all time favorites.
le nubian - Mar 02, 2012 3:58:19 am PST #18096 of 28282
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
hmm. okay, let me start reading a sample chapter.
I could not finish American Gods, so that's why I asked.
DavidS - Mar 02, 2012 4:42:01 am PST #18097 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today is Read Across America Day, and Matilda's school encourages students to come dressed as their favorite literary characters.
Matilda is going as Alice Through the Looking Glass. So JZ made her the dress from scratch.
Polter-Cow - Mar 02, 2012 5:34:22 am PST #18098 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I could not finish American Gods, so that's why I asked.
Tone of the book is more Terry Pratchett than Neil Gaiman.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 02, 2012 7:22:45 am PST #18099 of 28282
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah. I loved American Gods, but Good Omens is a much more fun read.
Polter-Cow - Mar 02, 2012 7:24:40 am PST #18100 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's more Anansi Boys than American Gods.
Consuela - Mar 02, 2012 7:25:28 am PST #18101 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Matilda, so cute!
I have been reading Michelle Sagara's Elantra novels--I got the first three bundled for Kindle from Amazon. I think Betsy might have recommended them.
And ... they are pissing me off. There's an interesting story there, and some cool world-building, but the prose is enraging me. It's so intentionally underwritten! Reads like a particular kind of fic, that stuff which is really allusive and spare, forcing the reader to pay really close attention and remember all the characters' histories and agendas in order to get the plot-related and emotional impact of the dialogue.
And seriously? I'm not willing to work that hard. Throw me a bone, dude. Don't treat me like I'm already invested, you gotta do some work up front, and she doesn't.
Also, I checked on Goodreads, and apparently six books in, the lead character hasn't actually developed much farther and still hasn't committed to any of her potential lovers.
Feh on that. I'm not wading through six volumes to discover that only four months have gone by and the character still refuses to learn or grow.
Vonnie K - Mar 02, 2012 7:39:27 am PST #18102 of 28282
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Good Omens is a much more fun read.
The book was my commuter-read this week and I had tough time staunching off the giggles several times.
They had me by the cast of character page, esp. at "Crowley (An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards)."
Consuela - Mar 02, 2012 7:46:37 am PST #18103 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I had tough time staunching off the giggles several times.
Yeah, I admit that I don't see a lot of Gaiman in Good Omens: it feels like mostly Pratchett to me.