more posed book covers. this time in the male image.
The batman cup and teddy bear combo slays me.
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
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 - Apr 23, 2012 5:27:20 am PDT #18498 of 28293
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Consuela - Apr 23, 2012 6:17:52 am PDT #18499 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jim Hines is so awesome. I wish I liked his fiction better than I do...
Polter-Cow - Apr 23, 2012 8:13:09 am PDT #18500 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm about to finish Carter Beats the Devil (which I LOVED), so then I can start Timeless and gleeble! Or, well, at least appreciate Jilli's gleebling.
Consuela - Apr 23, 2012 8:18:00 am PDT #18501 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really need to read Carter Beats the Devil, especially since the cocktail is one of my favorites. (I've had it at Flora, which has an enormous print of the novel's cover on the wall.)
Amy - Apr 23, 2012 8:22:15 am PDT #18502 of 28293
Because books.
I just read a sneaked copy of the final Montmaray book and cried.
Ooh! How'd you do that?
Are you not a big crier when it comes to books? (I sometimes get choked up reading Where the Wild Things Are, so that's my measuring stick.)
Consuela - Apr 23, 2012 8:30:53 am PDT #18503 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Ooh! How'd you do that?
A friend of mine made it available. I swear I will pre-order the legit version!
And I am not a big crier, no. I'm more likely to get choked up by sports stories for some reason: I cried when watching a story during the Olympics years ago when a Nigerian swimmer who had never competed in a full-size pool was cheered on by the crowd so loudly that he thought he was winning his race. I got choked up by the story of the softball player who broke her ankle as she hit a home-run and the opposing team carried her around the bases. Oh, and stories about animals.
But mostly fiction doesn't' make me weepy, but Cooper really nails the emotional impact in FitzOsbornes at War, and I was pretty sniffly for several minutes. It's a worthy finale to the series, I have to say.
Polter-Cow - Apr 23, 2012 8:41:33 am PDT #18504 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
(I've had it at Flora, which has an enormous print of the novel's cover on the wall.)
It's also in Barney's apartment!
I went through my Goodreads, and I think this is the best book I've read since The Shadow of the Wind, September 2010. I've read a lot of great books since then, but nothing of this caliber. And I think the two books do share a few similarities that illuminate my tastes. I like sprawling narratives with evocative details of time and place, filled with Dickensian coincidences and narrative ironies, with different characters' plotlines intersecting.
Strix - Apr 23, 2012 8:49:03 am PDT #18505 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm. I will have to check it out. I suppose I should get a Goodreads account.
(And yes, the Shadow of the Wind was also awesome, and I really like that.)
Burrell - Apr 23, 2012 8:58:54 am PDT #18506 of 28293
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I sometimes get choked up reading Where the Wild Things Are, so that's my measuring stick.
Right there with you Amy.
Consuela - Apr 23, 2012 7:05:09 pm PDT #18507 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So a friend of mine is looking for recommendations for things sort of like 50 Shades of Gray but better-written and without the fic element.
Basically, mom-friendly porn erotica porn. Het, BDSM-ish.
Any ideas?