Dangit, Jilli, now I have to make pasta for lunch!
(Mushrooms sauteed in butter, olive oil, garlic and Vermouth, adding and heating up a little leftover roasted chicken, tossed with rigatoni and baby spinach with hot pepper flakes. Little Parmesan.)
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
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."
DavidS - May 16, 2012 10:39:20 am PDT #18752 of 28329
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Atropa - May 16, 2012 10:43:49 am PDT #18753 of 28329
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Whoo, I should not have typed "The Night Circus" into eBay on a whim. No way I can afford it, but a tempting, tempting auction: [link]
megan walker - May 16, 2012 10:48:49 am PDT #18754 of 28329
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Any suggestions for a 12-year-old girl who has liked The Hunger Games, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Incarceron, and Miss Peregrine's Home among others? She especially likes things with puzzles and/or math. Her parents are conservative but fairly tolerant about what she reads, but I wouldn't want to recommend anything on the sexy end of things.
Polter-Cow - May 16, 2012 10:56:44 am PDT #18755 of 28329
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Secret Series, by Pseudonymous Bosch! I heart those books so much. Lots of codes and puzzles and such.
Tom Scola - May 16, 2012 11:02:19 am PDT #18756 of 28329
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Westing Game?
megan walker - May 16, 2012 11:11:05 am PDT #18757 of 28329
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Huh. I didn't realize what The Westing Game was about. Now I want to read it.
The Secret Series sounds good, but maybe a bit young? (I mean, I would read it, but she may be at that age where there is a cool factor involved.)
Jesse - May 16, 2012 11:15:24 am PDT #18758 of 28329
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Man, I just put Harriet the Spy on hold at the library, and now I think I should do The Westing Game as well.
For twelve-year-olds, I always recommend Agatha Christie, especially the Tommy and Tuppence ones, because Tuppence is the BEST.
Hil R. - May 16, 2012 11:17:38 am PDT #18759 of 28329
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Definitely The Westing Game. Also, since I seem to be recommending it to everyone today, True Grit, as long as her parents are OK with some violence and some swear words.
megan walker - May 16, 2012 11:21:15 am PDT #18760 of 28329
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ooh, Agatha Christie is good. She's in a British school (here in NC, not the UK) so that might work well. She's reading Jane Eyre now for school and does not like it, which made me want to cry.
I'm trying to think of things she might not be inclined to know about or pick up/seek out. When we were talking about The Hunger Games and I mentioned the Matched trilogy, she had heard of it, but was more inclined to look at it now that she had a recommendation.
megan walker - May 16, 2012 11:23:09 am PDT #18761 of 28329
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Also, since I seem to be recommending it to everyone today, True Grit, as long as her parents are OK with some violence and some swear words.
Given that I spent Sunday watching her handle a shotgun on their private shooting range, I think they are okay with that.