My YA book club is reading it this month, Consuela. I've heard it's fantastic.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Amy - Jun 10, 2012 7:58:52 am PDT #19136 of 28342
Because books.
sumi - Jun 10, 2012 8:51:38 am PDT #19137 of 28342
Art Crawl!!!
I loved the Bradshaw trilogy.
Of course, the oldie is Mary Stewart's Merlin books. (Which I haven't read in ages and don't know how they stand up.)
Ginger - Jun 10, 2012 8:58:09 am PDT #19138 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
starting with Eagle of the Ninth (yes, that one).
Did you see the movie, Consuela? From what I saw about it, I thought it was better to pretend it didn't exist.
I'm trying to reread all the dolphin ring Sutcliffs, and I'm up to Sword at Sunset now. The Lantern Bearers is pretty heartbreaking too. Many of her books I would not tagged as Young Adult, although heart breaking is more the norm these days.
sumi - Jun 10, 2012 9:27:00 am PDT #19139 of 28342
Art Crawl!!!
Are the Roman Britain books part of the Dolphin Ring books?
Consuela - Jun 10, 2012 9:38:00 am PDT #19140 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Are the Roman Britain books part of the Dolphin Ring books?
Yup. I think all the Roman Britain books are part of the Dolphin Ring sequence. What I hadn't realized was how late the Dolphin Ring ran--she even included The Shield Ring, which is set post-Hastings.
Ginger - Jun 10, 2012 10:27:51 am PDT #19141 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
On reason I started the re-read is that I came across a list a kind soul had put on the web:
The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) - 129 AD
The Silver Branch (1957) - 284 AD
Frontier Wolf (1980) - 343 AD
The Lantern Bearers (1959) - 410+ AD
Sword At Sunset (1963) - 5th century
Dawn Wind (1961) - mid-late 6th century
The Shield Ring (1956) - 11th century
Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2012 10:53:49 am PDT #19142 of 28342
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2012 7:49:59 am PDT #19143 of 28342
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'll check out Sutcliff. Again let me rec Firelord by Parke Godwin. Not only does it have a fascinating take on Farie, it has an amazing take on Merlin. It is well written, but it is also the quirkiest take on Arthur I've encountered - maybe quirkier than T.H. White. (Though, unlike White, not humor. )
Consuela - Jun 11, 2012 8:11:13 am PDT #19144 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I like Parke Godwin. I also enjoyed his take on the Robin Hood legend, although I don't recall the title.
Hil R. - Jun 11, 2012 12:22:36 pm PDT #19145 of 28342
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
New Anne of Green Gables series on the CBC. [link] . It's going to be "set in a more modern era," which is giving me doubts. Anne really needs to be Victorian.