Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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."
Ooh, that's accurate. I definitely remember having that experience with writers, especially in my twenties. I don't know if it's because I had more things to be exposed to in my twenties, or if I was more open...but I do remember many a 4 am, after having read something, being wide-awake to the world, feeling like my brain was steaming in the cool dawn air from the weight of ideas and visions brought to life by a writer.
I still get it, sometimes. But I have a lot less of them than I used to.
The Wire did that for me last. Specifically, "I got the gun. You got the briefcase."
You know how sometimes you read reviews and it seems like the reviewer read an entirely different book than you did? [link]
He told Svensk Bokhandel magazine that he had "got worked up in advance about Britt-Marie Mattsson because I detest her so very greatly. But let's hope the book is published so I get the chance to say it for real."
Ha ha ha ha. Oh my God. That's ridiculous.
That is totally awesome. In a terrible way.
Ian McEwan finds his long lost brother.
The way to have a house built if you are a book-lover (NYTimes, needs free registration) [link]
That article needs more pictures. So taunty.
VERY taunty--there's no picture of this awesome staircase they talk about, just of the kitchen. WTF?
SyfyPortal says that HBO is going to make Song of Ice and Fire into a series.