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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."

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Atropa - Jul 10, 2012 3:46:25 pm PDT #19307 of 28343

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I probably should eventually read The Man Who Was Thursday. People who write things I love adore the book, so there's a good chance that it would be the sort of literary cilantro I love.

And now I'm wondering what else is literary cilantro.

I can, as an intelectual exercise, see where some of Ray Bradbury's work would be not to some people's tastes. In fact, there are times when I fear that Pete will eventually read Something Wicked This Way Comes or From Dust Returned and HATE them. And then I'd be horrified and sad.

Oh! Francesca Lia Block. I love love love her writing, but I'm certain other people think it's way too twee.

Sophia Brooks - Jul 10, 2012 3:49:26 pm PDT #19308 of 28343

Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I have to confess I could not get through LOTR or the Hobbit, either...

Amy - Jul 10, 2012 3:52:27 pm PDT #19309 of 28343

Because books.

Yeah, I tried Francesca Lia Block and couldn't do it. I wanted to like her, though.

I've never read LotR, either, and I doubt I will. I love the *story* but I know it too well by now to read what seems like sort of boring prose.

smonster - Jul 10, 2012 3:56:27 pm PDT #19310 of 28343

We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I hated the Hobbit, so it took me forever to get around to LotR. Loved it when I finally did, though.

sj - Jul 10, 2012 4:05:11 pm PDT #19311 of 28343

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I loved The Hobbit, but I couldn't get into The Lord of the Rings. I keep meaning to try again sometime.

Hil R. - Jul 10, 2012 4:27:02 pm PDT #19312 of 28343

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I loved The Hobbit, but I couldn't get into The Lord of the Rings.

This is me. I got through Fellowship of the Ring, and then lost the book under the couch in the middle of The Two Towers and realized that I didn't care, since I already knew how it would end and the writing just wasn't interesting enough to me.

Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2012 5:00:51 pm PDT #19313 of 28343

brillig

I have LotR on my Nook, it was my 51st birthday present to myself. Dwarvish poetry is my beautiful cake. I can haz nerd points?

lisah - Jul 10, 2012 5:06:54 pm PDT #19314 of 28343

Punishingly Intricate

I think I finished the Hobbit but thought it was terrible. I could only get through the first chapter of the first LoTR books. I did love the movies though!

I haven't read Thomas Hardy in years but loved him when I was in high school.

Ginger - Jul 10, 2012 5:08:07 pm PDT #19315 of 28343

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I have had to read a lot of Henry James. I hated it all. I feel the same way about Thomas Hardy.

On the other hand, I love Melville, and he seems to be cilantro.

Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2012 5:11:31 pm PDT #19316 of 28343

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I loved The Hobbit, but I couldn't get into The Lord of the Rings.

This is me. I got through Fellowship of the Ring, and then lost the book under the couch in the middle of The Two Towers and realized that I didn't care, since I already knew how it would end and the writing just wasn't interesting enough to me.

This is basically me! In junior high, I loved The Hobbit, and I read Fellowship, but then the library didn't have Two Towers (or maybe ROTK), and I never finished and apparently didn't really care that much. When the movies came out, I read the books again and, man, it was a slog to get through that last book.

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