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."
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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 29, 2012 7:18:55 am PDT #19019 of 28342
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Strix - May 29, 2012 7:21:13 am PDT #19020 of 28342
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 28342
"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 28342
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 28342
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 28342
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 28342
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.)
Toddson - May 31, 2012 4:43:59 am PDT #19026 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For Parasol Protectorate fans - seemingly there is (or will soon be) a manga version of Soulless.
sumi - May 31, 2012 4:48:44 am PDT #19027 of 28342
Art Crawl!!!
Paul Krugman: became an economist because of science fiction.
Sophia Brooks - May 31, 2012 5:11:38 am PDT #19028 of 28342
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Has anyone read the YA book Shiver, about a young woman and a young werewolf? I read it yesterday and really liked it and am thinking of buying the sequel today!