I was shocked at the difference between the book and the movie too: Little Princess. I liked the book WAY better because it seemed realistic. And the little girls were really hateful.
I have not read it since I was a kid, but I dug it.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
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 26, 2012 3:31:20 am PDT #18546 of 28297
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - Apr 26, 2012 3:32:26 am PDT #18547 of 28297
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh and I was like (at age 9 or 10), referring to the movie: "how is this a happy ending when he doesn't even remember who she is?"
I was perplexed.
Amy - Apr 26, 2012 10:33:44 am PDT #18548 of 28297
Because books.
The Ten Grumpiest Living Writers. Guess who's first? No, really, just guess.
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2012 10:39:32 am PDT #18549 of 28297
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I was expecting Alan Moore.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2012 10:41:34 am PDT #18550 of 28297
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
HA - I totally called Maurice Sendak!
erikaj - Apr 26, 2012 10:45:33 am PDT #18551 of 28297
Always Anti-fascist!
Conversations end when one person calls the other a douchebag, Mr. Franzen. I feel that I should stand up for Mr. Keillor a bit, because I met him once(In a fan way, nsm interpersonally) but he is probably the shyest person I've ever seen on that side of a microphone.
Ginger - Apr 26, 2012 10:56:58 am PDT #18552 of 28297
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Some of those writers are grumpy, and some make other people grumpy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 26, 2012 7:25:11 pm PDT #18553 of 28297
"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
I knew Harlan Ellison would be on the list, he's the patron saint of curmudgeons! That photo of him shaking his fist at the camera cracked me up.
Atropa - Apr 26, 2012 7:42:51 pm PDT #18554 of 28297
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I wonder if Caitlin Kiernan is grumpy that she's not on that list. Yet.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 27, 2012 2:44:03 pm PDT #18555 of 28297
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Amy, I wanted to tell you that I was having a discussion with some young-ish people at work (mid-twenties) about zombies. The young man said that zombies couldn't be sexy, and one of the young women mentioned your book! Although, the zombie isn't so sexy....