Heads up: Mark Reads Newsflesh starts September 3! He's reading Feed, Countdown, Deadline, San Diego 2014, and Blackout. He is entirely unprepared. It's going to be awesome.
Occasionally I'm callous and strange.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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 - Aug 16, 2012 7:44:49 pm PDT #19499 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strix - Aug 16, 2012 7:47:31 pm PDT #19500 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ORLY?!
I have now read "Feed" in 4 states, thankyou. I will have to follow this, maybe participate! Fun!
Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2012 7:52:56 pm PDT #19501 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Join the comments! It'll be good times! Two of the mods have capslock-flailed their way through the series over on Spoils, and another just has the third one to go, but she's head over heels too. I can't wait to read all the newbies' reactions to everything.
He starts right after the Hugos, so it's perfect timing, especially if she wins!
Sheryl - Aug 17, 2012 12:54:55 pm PDT #19502 of 28343
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Ok, that made me bookmark(NPI) Mark Reads.(I already have Mark Watches bookmarked)
Polter-Cow - Aug 17, 2012 12:59:19 pm PDT #19503 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He'll be alternating with The Song of the Lioness (and then possibly with Planetary since it's not long enough to cover all of Newsflesh ) so we'll get zombies every other day. Keep on eye on the Master Schedule.
Gris - Aug 17, 2012 1:05:12 pm PDT #19504 of 28343
Hey. New board.
Oh, I love the Song of the Lioness. I may need to subscribe...
Polter-Cow - Aug 17, 2012 1:13:59 pm PDT #19505 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's the most requested series at all his readings. He's starting Good Omens on Monday, by the way. Which is the most requested non-series book.
Consuela - Aug 17, 2012 2:41:16 pm PDT #19506 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, I love the Song of the Lioness.
I just listened to the first of the Alanna novels on audiobook on my road trip this week. I admit that it's not as great as I remember, and that it suffers by comparison with the Keladry books, where both the setting and the characterizations are more complicated. But then Pierce was just starting out, and she got more competent and nuanced with experience.
Jessica - Aug 19, 2012 10:24:37 am PDT #19507 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ok, fess up - which one of us is this?
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2012 6:34:07 pm PDT #19508 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anyone else read A Visit from the Goon Squad? What'd you think?
I picked up Something This Wicked This Way Comes on audiobook! I'm excited! I've never read any Bradbury besides "All Summer in a Day" and Fahrenheit 451, I think, and I don't really know anything about this book besides that there is something wicked and it is coming this way.