Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.

'Beneath You'


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 - 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.


Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:36:38 am PDT #19369 of 28343
Because books.

Crap, 75% of my post got eaten, and I'm all ranted out.

Short version: Encyclopedia Brown and An Unfortunate Series of Events were not written for a YA audience. Which doesn't mean they didn't or won't read them, but I would love it if any journalist bothered to differentiate between middle grade and YA, or post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.


Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 11:42:00 am PDT #19370 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Children's books and YA books are totally different! Except when there's a weird crossover, but those two examples are clearly children's books and not YA.


Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:47:27 am PDT #19371 of 28343
Because books.

The article link got eaten, too, I realized.


Steph L. - Jul 17, 2012 11:51:31 am PDT #19372 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.

Damn, I feel like that ship has already sailed. Incorrectly.


Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 11:52:00 am PDT #19373 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Are...are any of those actually YA series?

The hell?