I loved the FitzOborne's as well. Even though I kept thinking they were somehow incestuous.
Patron: That girl is a witch. Mal: Yeah, but she's our witch.
'Safe'
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."
Sophia Brooks - May 02, 2012 10:58:07 am PDT #18582 of 28297
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Toddson - May 02, 2012 11:00:51 am PDT #18583 of 28297
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I don't remember hearing about the FitzOborne books - what are they? (If something was posted and I skimmed past it, please bear with my skimming ways and tell me ... please?)
Consuela - May 02, 2012 11:32:24 am PDT #18584 of 28297
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Toddson, it's a trilogy about an imaginary island off the coast of Spain, inhabited by a dozen fishermen, three princesses, and a mad king. The first one is called A Brief History of Montmaray, and it's rather like I Capture the Castle, except when it's not. It starts very sweet and domestic, and then the Nazis arrive...
The series goes through to the end of WWII and keeps getting deeper and more emotionally powerful. I loved the characters and the easy way the writer wove them into the true history of the time.
The first three have been published in Australia (that's where Cooper lives) but the 3rd one won't be out in the US until October.
Highly recommended for anyone who is enjoying the current run of Upstairs, Downstairs or who liked I Capture the Castle or, probably, any Ruritanian romances.
Toddson - May 02, 2012 11:53:18 am PDT #18585 of 28297
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Thanks!
Many years ago I actually read The Prisoner of Zenda ... for what that's worth.
Consuela - May 02, 2012 8:17:44 pm PDT #18586 of 28297
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kat, check your spam filter thingie.
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2012 7:30:36 am PDT #18587 of 28297
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Has anyone else read The True Meaning of Smekday? Because it is wonderful and everyone should read it.
sumi - May 03, 2012 12:16:18 pm PDT #18588 of 28297
Art Crawl!!!
Kickstarter for a feminist speculative fiction anthology - they need to raise funds by May 31st.
Amy - May 03, 2012 12:34:18 pm PDT #18589 of 28297
Because books.
Do you want to post that in GWW, too, sumi?
sumi - May 03, 2012 12:45:48 pm PDT #18590 of 28297
Art Crawl!!!
Sure.
Kat - May 03, 2012 9:32:37 pm PDT #18591 of 28297
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The first three have been published in Australia (that's where Cooper lives) but the 3rd one won't be out in the US until October.
Oooh! With this info, I ordered a copy from Australia.
I believe it might be possible for me to teach the first book next year -- I will have a 9th grade honors class I think. Hmmmm....Must consider a grant.