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.)
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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 28344
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 28344
Because books.
Who read The Fault in Our Stars?
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2012 5:03:39 am PDT #19887 of 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
"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 28344
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 28344
"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 28344
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.