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.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 7:21:13 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
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!
Amy - May 31, 2012 5:14:57 am PDT #19029 of 28342
Because books.
I haven't yet, but I gave it to the neighbor kid, who loved it, and I just loaned it to my niece.