I'm re-reading Mark Reads LotR, and I can't remember if he did the live blog of Return of the King, and I can't figure out where to look.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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."
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2012 2:51:48 pm PDT #18522 of 28293
brillig
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2012 3:04:49 pm PDT #18523 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It was on Mark Watches. Spoiler warning: it destroyed him.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2012 3:29:04 pm PDT #18524 of 28293
brillig
Thanks, Polter!
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:13:34 am PDT #18525 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Question for teaching types from my podcast crush SavidgeReads:
she needs a piece of fiction, it doesn’t have to be massively long, that persuades, in a paragraph or two, another character to do something.
It initially sounds really obvious, and I nearly stated as much on the phone, until I thought about it and was stuck. You see all my examples seemed to be unreliable narrators persuading me they were telling the truth... which takes a whole book. Mum needs some short examples, the characters can be persuading good or bad things from the other, to discuss with the children she teaches.
Hil R. - Apr 25, 2012 5:18:10 am PDT #18526 of 28293
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Several scenes from Anne of Green Gables come to mind -- the one where Anne and Diana swear to be friends, and the one where Jane (I think? Or was it Ruby?) dares Anne to walk along the roof.
Jessica - Apr 25, 2012 5:20:35 am PDT #18527 of 28293
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Sawyer getting out of whitewashing the fence?
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 5:21:24 am PDT #18528 of 28293
Because books.
How old are the students? She could either use Rochester persuading Jane to marry him, or from A Little Princess, the scene where Sara convinces Lottie to stop throwing a tantrum.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:23:46 am PDT #18529 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think the equivalent of early high school. They're in England. As am I currently (in spirit anyway--on a conference call with Brits).
javachik - Apr 25, 2012 5:33:40 am PDT #18530 of 28293
Our wings are not tired.
Too bad Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller aren't fiction. The spelling of the "w-a-t-e-r" scene would be perfect.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:41:23 am PDT #18531 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
One day I will read Anne of Green Gables and A Little Princess. I love the Tom Sawyer idea. From what I know of his mum, she may too.