Dana,
I could not get past Chapter 1 because of the exposition issues. Let me know if it gets better?
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
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."
le nubian - Sep 17, 2012 8:07:03 pm PDT #19730 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Typo Boy - Sep 17, 2012 8:33:27 pm PDT #19731 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think the triple Goddess is very scary. Most goddesses are aspects of her. So Hera and Cybele are both aspects of the mother. Diana, Athena are aspects of the maiden. Both are scary. Diana and Actaeon, scary for sure - petty if he really stumbled on them accidentally, not so petty if was plotting rape. Athena and Arachne scary and definitely petty. Also moving beyond the Maiden, Cybele to whom men sacrificed their manhood, Hera who tricked Semele into asking Zeus to show himself in all his glory, which killed her. Not liking to be asked questions - well fits the general arrogance of Gods and Goddesses. Fundamentally I see the Triple Goddess as scary indeed - wild, primal, dangerous, capable of anything from mass slaughter and starting wars to petty and spiteful revenge on one person.
-t - Sep 18, 2012 7:20:27 am PDT #19732 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have Glass Heart. The temptation to curl up on the couch and read all day is very strong.
Amy - Sep 18, 2012 7:38:59 am PDT #19733 of 28344
Because books.
Thanks, -t. I hope you like it.
Anne W. - Sep 18, 2012 8:20:10 am PDT #19734 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Ooh! Glass Heart is out? How did I miss that! (zooms off to Amazon)
Sophia Brooks - Sep 18, 2012 11:10:05 am PDT #19735 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I heard about a book that I want to read, but can no longer remember the author or title. It was a non-fiction book where the author made friends with and wrote about people living in low income city neighborhoods (possibly in chicago) and how there was a whole alternate economy going on that the mainstream public doesn't know about. I am pretty sure that there was a segment about this book on This American Life, where someone had a garage sale and sold furniture with money in it?
javachik - Sep 18, 2012 11:41:33 am PDT #19736 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 18, 2012 12:08:08 pm PDT #19737 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yes! Thank you!
Kat - Sep 18, 2012 5:50:24 pm PDT #19738 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I can't wait to get Glass Heart. But I have to wait until this weekend.
I am also part way through Dog Stars. HOLY SHIT! It's good.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2012 6:54:05 pm PDT #19739 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did a massive amount of reading this week.I hope I can maintain a shred of that momentum. Finished Development Hell, Mindy Kaling's book, and The Bluest Eye. And dug properly into guards! Guards! My biggest disappointment is with Mindy. I wanted to find a new imaginary best girl friend ever out of this one. She is too stiff for me to lose my self in her words. Her naughtiness is not mine. And her judginess does not align with my judge and jury in the least.
Pfft. I still hope for the best for her show.