My librarian friend wore that shirt at Comic-Con.
You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats, press one or say 'goats.' To sacrifice a loved one or pet, press the pound key.
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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."
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2012 1:55:28 pm PDT #19359 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Consuela - Jul 16, 2012 9:11:24 pm PDT #19360 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I finally got to Busman's Honeymoon on my Wimsey audio-read, and... ::sigh:: why did Harriet go from being prickly educated hyper-intelligent hyper-independent mystery writer woman to... supportive wife with nothing else to do?
WHY?
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Seriously: once the wedding is over (and I love that she basically spent every penny she had on the dress, so she wouldn't shame herself), she spends all her time worrying about Peter's state of mind, and after every argument she decides that he was right, after all. She contributes very little to the solution of the mystery, and basically doesn't act like the Harriet we met in the previous 3 books at all.
What the hell happened?
Connie Neil - Jul 17, 2012 6:00:57 am PDT #19361 of 28343
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I think when she talks about the sacrifice of herself she wasn't talking so much about all her worldly goods for the dress and the present but herself in truth, so she wouldn't be an embarrassment to Peter.
Not satisfying, but I think that's what's going on. There's a short story called Talboys that suggests she didn't completely give up her career.
Consuela - Jul 17, 2012 6:15:46 am PDT #19362 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
There's a short story called Talboys that suggests she didn't completely give up her career.
Oh, I'm sure she didn't, but for a relationship that was presented up to that point as a marriage of equals, she almost immediately takes the back seat and spends all her emotional energy worrying about him. There doesn't appear to be anything on her mind not directly associated with the relationship--even the murder itself is of importance only insofar as it affects their honeymoon, and Peter's state of mind.
I find it very hard to reconcile that woman with the Harriet Vane in Gaudy Night or Have His Carcase.
Dana - Jul 17, 2012 11:02:11 am PDT #19363 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:07:01 am PDT #19364 of 28343
Because books.
I haven't, but for that price I might try it.
Ginger - Jul 17, 2012 11:09:14 am PDT #19365 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's very different, but I loved it. It's one of my favorite books this year. Claire Dewitt investigates using the I Ching, a book by an obscure French detective that seems to have powers of its own, and lots of drugs. The post-Katrina setting seems very real.
I read it from the library. For that, I wonder if I should have my own copy...
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:09:47 am PDT #19366 of 28343
Because books.
Yeah, I just bought it. I couldn't resist.
Dana - Jul 17, 2012 11:11:03 am PDT #19367 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The post-Katrina setting seems very real.
...maybe I should skip it.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 17, 2012 11:29:34 am PDT #19368 of 28343
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I was wondering about that book to. Since I do not have personal ties to New Orleans, I think I will purchase.