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.
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
Willow ,'Help'
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."
Hayden - Feb 13, 2007 10:48:20 am PST #1941 of 28174
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Amy - Feb 13, 2007 11:16:26 am PST #1946 of 28174
Because books.
Try some Edith Wharton, if you're in a mood. I like her better than Henry James, except "The Turn of the Screw."
I adore Edith Wharton, but I've already read everything of hers. Well, almost anyway.
I'm not sure if I would ever be in the mood for The Odyssey.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 11:19:55 am PST #1947 of 28174
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I first read The Odyssey in college, and it really is a riveting story, AmyLiz! Just like with Beowulf, you have to get the right translation, otherwise it can be a slog to get through. The Fagles is excellent--IIRC, he just published a translation of The Aeneid in the past few months.
Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2007 12:04:40 pm PST #1948 of 28174
brillig
I read The Odyssey for fun a few years ago. I had it on the bus one day and was snickering over some snark, and somebody in another seat asked me what class I was reading it for. They looked uneasy when I told them I was reading it for fun. The same kind of look when I was reading "Engines of Creation" on the bus. Freak the mundanes!
IAmNotReallyASpring - Feb 13, 2007 4:05:32 pm PST #1949 of 28174
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Banville's The Sea
Corwood, have you read any of his other stuff? It's the same but more.
brenda m - Feb 13, 2007 4:19:12 pm PST #1950 of 28174
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I adore Edith Wharton, but I've already read everything of hers. Well, almost anyway.
Including the porn?