As much as I snark about Twilight, the bottom line is that ANYTHING that fosters a love of reading in the public is of the good. Far better that they be reading lowbrow literature for entertainment and thereby putting their imaginations to work rather than playing video games or sitting mesmerized by the TV.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'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."
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2012 8:05:29 am PDT #18624 of 28298
"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
Calli - May 09, 2012 10:00:43 am PDT #18625 of 28298
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Fish is an overpaid dolt, and my English profs at UNC use to delight in mocking his pretentious ass.
Strix - May 09, 2012 10:11:05 am PDT #18626 of 28298
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Word, Matt...
Consuela - May 09, 2012 1:24:05 pm PDT #18627 of 28298
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kat - May 09, 2012 4:31:40 pm PDT #18628 of 28298
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Calli, I really liked Fish's article. My students have difficulty learning the difference between analysis and summary. What is cool in that piece is how much he touches on without really summarizing the plot at all. A great sample for those who are beginning literary analysis.
Amy - May 09, 2012 4:48:34 pm PDT #18629 of 28298
Because books.
I liked what he had to say, too. I hadn't seriously thought about authenticity as a theme, but it really makes sense.
Kat - May 09, 2012 5:18:40 pm PDT #18630 of 28298
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Has anyone read Night Circus by Erin Moregenstern? Loving it. Also the follow up to Wolf Hall was released and I cannot WAIT to start it.
Amy - May 09, 2012 5:19:42 pm PDT #18631 of 28298
Because books.
Jilli loved it, I know, and I just started it (again -- I had once and then got distracted by something). I still need to read Wolf Hall -- S. loved it, and I miss The Tudors.
Kat - May 09, 2012 5:22:24 pm PDT #18632 of 28298
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh, man, Amy, Wolf Hall was riveting. Easily one of the most compelling historical fictions I have ever read. Love. I even gave it to some students who loved it. She makes Thomas Cromwell so...so...rational and appealing and heroic.
I am not surprised that Jilli loved Night Circus. The first chapter just sounds like her. The book has second person chapters interspersed through that are surprisingly effective.
Pix - May 09, 2012 5:27:07 pm PDT #18633 of 28298
The status is NOT quo.
I love Night Circus! Magical.