'Shindig'
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."
I read "Moon Called" by Patricia Briggs last night, and thought it pretty good. Good enough that I will also read the next one. I like the heroine, Mercy, quite a lot. Good combo of comptence and realism, I think.
That is all. I just hate to see the Lit thread all mute and helpless.
I just hate to see the Lit thread all mute and helpless.
Aw!
I read The Time-Traveler's Wife last month (and loved it!) and am now starting on my program of Attempting to Better Myself by reading classics I missed somewhere along the way. I'm starting with Mrs. Dalloway, which is good but takes a little more concentration that I usually have at 11 p.m., which is when I usually get to read. Next up is something by Henry James, I think. Or possibly Great Expectations.
Try some Edith Wharton, if you're in a mood. I like her better than Henry James, except "The Turn of the Screw."
If you want to go all Old Skool classic, try "The Odyssey"
I have got to pull out my old book-on-tape (wish I had it on CD, now) of Ian McKellen reading Fagles' translation of The Odyssey.
Ooh, yum, Kathy! I might hit you up for a dub of that next fall; I teach "The Odyssey" to my seniors.
Try some Edith Wharton, if you're in a mood. I like her better than Henry James, except "The Turn of the Screw."
I'd second this rec. I find her way more entertaining than he is.
I just finished Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City, which is, IMHO, A Very Buffista Book. It leaned toward a bit of a cliche toward the end, but overall, I LOVED it.
I have a stack of books next to my bed, including the new Pynchon, Banville's The Sea, and a book on Enlightment-era medical practices by a friend of mine, but, sadly, no time to read at the moment.
Ooh, yum, Kathy! I might hit you up for a dub of that next fall; I teach "The Odyssey" to my seniors.
I still have to send you my copy of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants--I'm a bad Buffista! If I had a way of converting tape to CD, I'd do it and then send you the tapes or a copy of the CDs. Oh, well, I can pull out my double-tape boombox and dub you some tapes while I'm listening, if you'd like!
Tapes are fine; the kids trashed my boombox, and the CD player no longer works, anyway.