We read Sula for book club last month. It's gorgeously written, almost a parable in many ways, but there's so much horror in it, too.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
Consuela - May 29, 2012 7:13:33 am PDT #19016 of 28336
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Burrell - May 29, 2012 7:14:46 am PDT #19017 of 28336
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I got a signed copy of Beloved for my mom, so now it's mine. I also have her hardback editions of Jazz and Song of Solomon, but now I'm realizing I'm not sure I've read Jazz. I should read it over the summer.
Sophia Brooks - May 29, 2012 7:16:30 am PDT #19018 of 28336
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I don't even remember the sex in Beloved. However, there are plenty of very disturbing images in it that will be seared in my brain forever.
Me, too. For some reason the scar on the mans back that was in the shape of a tree (from the whippings) has stuck with me. And other things more disturbing to mention. I read it close to 20 years ago, and just once.
Strix - May 29, 2012 7:18:55 am PDT #19019 of 28336
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I haven't read her last 3 books, but I've read everything else, and yes, she doesn't hesitate to write about brutality. But, IMO, it's never gratuitous; it's based on emotion, not "Ooh, I need something shocking."
Strix - May 29, 2012 7:21:13 am PDT #19020 of 28336
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The scar is on Sethe's back; it's her tree. The man, from Sweet Home, is the first person who has loved it and kissed it, and allowed her to cry about it.
sj - May 29, 2012 7:25:40 am PDT #19021 of 28336
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I haven't read her last 3 books, but I've read everything else, and yes, she doesn't hesitate to write about brutality. But, IMO, it's never gratuitous; it's based on emotion, not "Ooh, I need something shocking."
Absolutely, and it's very believable violence for the stories she tells. I just recently purchased her latest book, but I haven't felt like reading something that heavy yet. Besides Beloved I have read The Bluest Eyes and Song of Solomon. I think that's it; although I have a couple others on my shelf that I will read eventually.
Consuela - May 29, 2012 7:43:44 am PDT #19022 of 28336
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
This is pretty funny--a webpage set up to "help" students write papers about LoTR: [link]
Probably it was more effective before the movies came out...
sumi - May 29, 2012 11:18:22 am PDT #19023 of 28336
Art Crawl!!!
University of Regina is going to have a Game of Thrones course.
Toddson - May 30, 2012 4:19:31 am PDT #19024 of 28336
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
What with being out of town and such, I hadn't gotten a copy of Blackout. Went by the bookstore to pick one up and it wasn't out - not on display with the new books, not on the shelf with the others. I asked a nice bookstore employee who checked and said it should be out with the best sellers (yay!) but on checking, they'd all been sold. So he went "downstairs" and pulled out a bunch to put out on the shelf. With the best sellers.
Strix - May 30, 2012 8:00:07 am PDT #19025 of 28336
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Woo! Come back to chat about it when you are done! I will be slowly tapping out a review in the next days -- hopefully I can get it done before surgery. (I asked for a local, but it has to be a general, dammit.)