I think there are valid cases to be made that GRRM's portrayal of women is frequently sexist.
Outline a few for me? That are better than her complaints.
Not a challenge just curious where you'd make the distinction.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
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."
DavidS - Sep 25, 2012 4:33:51 pm PDT #19808 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sumi - Sep 26, 2012 4:48:58 am PDT #19809 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Patricia C. Wrede's The Raven Ring is a Kindle Daily Deal for $1.99.
Consuela - Sep 26, 2012 7:04:55 am PDT #19810 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So the Gentlement Bastards sequence finally has a publication date for the next volume: The Republic of Thieves drops on September 3, 2013, and it's finally going to introduce Sabetha. About damn time, I have to say. [link]
Jessica - Sep 26, 2012 1:29:41 pm PDT #19811 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Outline a few for me? That are better than her complaints.
Sorry, I didn't see this before we left for London! And now I'm too exhausted from 12 hours of travel to think straight. But I'll try to think of something coherent to say when I've had some sleep.
DavidS - Sep 26, 2012 1:36:45 pm PDT #19812 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sorry, I didn't see this before we left for London!
Oh, no - not that excuse again!
Btw, we got your package for Matilda today. Thanks! Good timing.
Jessica - Sep 26, 2012 1:49:01 pm PDT #19813 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yay! I hope she likes the accidental birthday present.
Kat - Sep 26, 2012 5:17:30 pm PDT #19814 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I am more than halfway through Shadow and Bone from a marathon gym session and waiting at the hospital. Anyone read it? It's quite wonderful so far.
Pix - Sep 26, 2012 8:25:54 pm PDT #19815 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
I've read it. I enjoyed it a lot. How are you doing, Kat?
Consuela - Sep 26, 2012 8:58:20 pm PDT #19816 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just read it this last weekend. I liked it well enough, without loving it. I thought Alina was pretty naive (although justifiably, for the most part), rather expected another twist that we didn't get, and enjoyed the magic structure and the visuals of the Shadow Fold.
I am surprised to hear it got optioned for a movie, but then again it has that whole Potterish magic-training thing going.
Kat - Sep 27, 2012 3:29:57 am PDT #19817 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm doing okay. A little sleepy, but nothing awful. Percocet is really handy for nighttime dealing with the battered feeling. I AM going into work though.
In the past two days I've read Imaginary Girls, Glass Heart and Shadow and Bone. It's been tons of fun to do entertaining reading. Before that it was The Dog Stars which was excellent. Like I could teach it in AP excellent. Next on my list are Telegraph Hill and finishing the new Junot Diaz book.
I like Junot Diaz in theory better than reality and I like the new one, sort of, more than Oscar Wao. Oscar Wao made me want to smack somebody.
Also on the list, The Barbaria Nurseries by Hector Tobar which is mostly excellent from the snippets I read.
Being in slight pain or fear of pain + waiting at appointments is excellent for my reading.