Word, Matt...
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
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."
Strix - May 09, 2012 10:11:05 am PDT #18626 of 28300
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Consuela - May 09, 2012 1:24:05 pm PDT #18627 of 28300
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kat - May 09, 2012 4:31:40 pm PDT #18628 of 28300
"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 28300
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 28300
"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 28300
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 28300
"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 28300
The status is NOT quo.
I love Night Circus! Magical.
Sue - May 09, 2012 5:28:29 pm PDT #18634 of 28300
hip deep in pie
I loved The Night Circus. I loved the world and hated to see it end.
I really liked Wolf Hall in the end, but I did get bogged down halfway through and set it aside for a couple of months.
I feel like I have a million books on the go right now, and can't seem to focus on any of them.
Amy - May 09, 2012 5:31:04 pm PDT #18635 of 28300
Because books.
I had read the first chapter of Wolf Hall, and I was fascinated. I'm trying to finish library books right now, and I picked up Ron Rash's Serena after I saw pictures of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper from the film. And I still want to get into the Montaray book!
Not enough time, ever. Sometimes I miss commuting (on the train) for the regular twice-a-day reading time.