My aunt gave me The Celestine Prophecy.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
Xander ,'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."
Dana - Sep 27, 2012 3:42:51 pm PDT #19845 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kat - Sep 27, 2012 6:37:59 pm PDT #19846 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
There is one line in Kite Runner that I adore. I think it sums up the immigrant experience as many of my students feel it. Chapter 11, I think: "Baba loved the idea of America. It was living in America that gave him an ulcer."
I feel that way about so much in my life. I love the idea of it, but the reality of it gives me pains.
DawnK - Sep 27, 2012 7:09:43 pm PDT #19847 of 28344
giraffe mode
ok, what's the most unfortunate book rec you ever got?
Wind Up Bird Chronicles. Maybe I just missed the point of it but man, I did not enjoy it.
Kat - Sep 27, 2012 7:19:37 pm PDT #19848 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Do you ever preorder books on Amazon, then feel surprised when they show up?
-t - Sep 27, 2012 7:34:26 pm PDT #19849 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
All the time. Also e-books, though having the actual package is more bewildering.
Consuela - Sep 28, 2012 6:14:39 am PDT #19850 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I finished reading Sebastian Faulks' Charlotte Gray last night.
Man, is that impressive. It's both grueling and hopeful, which is an odd combination. A young woman in London in 1941 falls in love with an RAF pilot, and also gets recruited to the Special Operations Executive. When he goes missing in France, she uses a courier drop she gets sent on to go looking for him.
The writing is excellent, the characterizations complicated and creative, the evils of fascism both banal and horrifying. Really well done, and quite heartbreaking.
le nubian - Sep 28, 2012 7:34:16 am PDT #19851 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Do you ever preorder books on Amazon, then feel surprised when they show up?
Beau does this all the time and I tease him relentlessly for it. Given what y'all have expressed, maybe I need to be easier on him.
sj - Sep 28, 2012 7:36:23 am PDT #19852 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Do you ever preorder books on Amazon, then feel surprised when they show up?
I pre-order books, and then get surprised when I receive an e-mail receipt/shipping notice. Then I quickly check that there is enough money to pay for the pre-order in my account.
javachik - Sep 28, 2012 9:42:32 am PDT #19853 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.
Oh Consuela, that sounds like everything Atonement wanted to be!
DavidS - Sep 28, 2012 4:45:48 pm PDT #19854 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you like historical non-fiction, or spies, or WWII or have a relative who eats that stuff up with a spoon I browsed through Double Cross by Ben McIntyre at the bookstore and it looks fascinating.
I have known that Germany had been fooled about the landing at Normandy but I hadn't known the story behind it. It was the result of a major (three year) espionage effort by Britain involving an extremely eccentric group of double agents.