Jean Craighead George died this week; Julie of the Wolves might be good for 7th grade girls. The NYT obit has some very funny anecdotes about animals in George's suburban house. [link]
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
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."
flea - May 17, 2012 4:52:41 am PDT #18795 of 28333
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Jessica - May 17, 2012 5:08:10 am PDT #18796 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Emmett assures me the guy dies of orgasm, and then she candle-eats herself to death.
Sure, but not in a bleak way!
sj - May 17, 2012 5:16:31 am PDT #18797 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
This is an awesome idea.
flea - May 17, 2012 5:32:31 am PDT #18798 of 28333
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There's a Little Free Library a couple of blocks away from us; they just put it up a couple of weeks ago. They've been putting out some really good books (the family has a blog, and they have 6 kids and given their house are very well off.) It's pretty awesome.
Jesse - May 17, 2012 5:35:17 am PDT #18799 of 28333
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is such a sweet idea! For years at my last job, I mostly only read books off our free shelf. It was a great mix, including one coworker's cast-off book club books and another's chick lit.
sumi - May 17, 2012 5:39:03 am PDT #18800 of 28333
Art Crawl!!!
I discovered that there is one in my town. Now I have to go patronize it!
Connie Neil - May 17, 2012 6:00:29 am PDT #18801 of 28333
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They ought to throw some P.G. Wodehouse at Emmett's class--funny, can lead to discussions of class consciousness and snobbery, and it's funny.
Fred Pete - May 17, 2012 6:16:43 am PDT #18802 of 28333
Ann, that's a ferret.
Agreed on the Wodehouse, but not too much at once. I once read a Bertie Wooster/Jeeves collection in 2 days. Mistake.
One or two stories a day is great. But all the stories have the same plot: Bertie (or a friend) has a mild to moderate problem. Bertie has a solution, which he puts in motion despite Jeeves's warning. Bertie's solution makers matters worse. Jeeves then saves the day.
Wodehouse rings some great changes on the idea, but I started to sense a certain sameness after 4 or 5 stories in a row. It's kind of like eating a pound of chocolates in one sitting.
Jessica - May 17, 2012 6:20:19 am PDT #18803 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
HA.
The thorn in my side on Goodreads finally hit a wall with her "Dan Simmons is popular and some things that are popular are crappy therefore Dan Simmons is crappy" line of reasoning and went straight for "Hitler used to be popular too!"
I WIN.
(Sorry, I know this is of no import to anyone but me, I just felt the need to backchannel a little. Literary seemed the best place to put it.)
Consuela - May 17, 2012 6:45:07 am PDT #18804 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
... Dan Simmons is popular? The guy who wrote Hyperion? I mean, SF folks know who he is, but I do think it's a stretch to think of him as popular.