Roger Stirling is reading me a storybook! He's good; I think he has the right voice for the character, although coming off The Fault in Our Stars, I find him a little less emotionally invested. I think first-person audiobooks probably work better than third-person because there's more acting involved, so now I expect a little more from them. (After a few minutes, I realized that he actually didn't sound like Stirling, so I was like, yay, acting.)
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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 - Oct 05, 2012 4:58:03 am PDT #19885 of 28448
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Amy - Oct 05, 2012 4:59:30 am PDT #19886 of 28448
Because books.
Who read The Fault in Our Stars?
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2012 5:03:39 am PDT #19887 of 28448
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kate Rudd. She was wonderful.
Amy - Oct 05, 2012 5:13:09 am PDT #19888 of 28448
Because books.
Such great dialogue in that book. I bet it was great to listen to.
Amy - Oct 05, 2012 5:14:16 am PDT #19889 of 28448
Because books.
Did anyone else read The Snow Child? It's lovely so far, but I'm anticipating heartbreak.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2012 5:22:08 am PDT #19890 of 28448
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Such great dialogue in that book. I bet it was great to listen to.
She cracked me up and made me tear up.
megan walker - Oct 05, 2012 6:27:48 am PDT #19891 of 28448
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Did anyone else read The Snow Child? It's lovely so far, but I'm anticipating heartbreak.
So far it's the frontrunner for favorite book in my yearly round-up. Everyone I've recommended it to has loved it.
I think the hardest part to read for me was the opener. And, unlike most books, I found the ending fairly satisfying.
Amy - Oct 05, 2012 6:39:23 am PDT #19892 of 28448
Because books.
Oh good. Because the opening is what's tripping me up. I mean, the language is beautiful, but it's bleak in a major way right now. I just got past where she tries to drown, hoping the ice will break, and it was just ... intense.
God, I need more caffeine.
megan walker - Oct 05, 2012 7:15:23 am PDT #19893 of 28448
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As they say, it gets better.
I mean, it's still heartbreaking I guess, but in a different fairy-tale sort of way.
hippocampus - Oct 06, 2012 8:51:13 pm PDT #19894 of 28448
not your mom's socks.
It is Quarter til Two
Amy suggested this book - whoo
Read it the whole night through
It is Quarter til Two
Consider this a PSA - don't pick up Code Name Verity unless you are prepared to finish it.