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"
Gunn: You saying popping mama threw you a beating? Lorne: Kid Vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwah-ha-ha'd at us.
'Underneath'
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 - Feb 13, 2007 10:17:18 am PST #1936 of 28174
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:29:18 am PST #1937 of 28174
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
Strix - Feb 13, 2007 10:31:46 am PST #1938 of 28174
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ooh, yum, Kathy! I might hit you up for a dub of that next fall; I teach "The Odyssey" to my seniors.
lisah - Feb 13, 2007 10:45:02 am PST #1939 of 28174
Punishingly Intricate
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.
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2007 10:47:24 am PST #1940 of 28174
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
Hayden - Feb 13, 2007 10:48:20 am PST #1941 of 28174
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:53:04 am PST #1942 of 28174
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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!
Strix - Feb 13, 2007 10:56:33 am PST #1943 of 28174
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tapes are fine; the kids trashed my boombox, and the CD player no longer works, anyway.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:58:59 am PST #1944 of 28174
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cool! I'll make sure to pull it out this spring and dub it for you.
JohnSweden - Feb 13, 2007 11:10:41 am PST #1945 of 28174
I can't even.
I'm re-reading Connie Willis' Lincoln's Dreams. I'm just a couple of chapters in, so the magical realism drug-like effect it had on me when I first read it hasn't kicked in yet. Maybe it won't. I'm enjoying the details so far.