Did anyone else read The Snow Child? It's lovely so far, but I'm anticipating heartbreak.
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Xander ,'Chosen'
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."
Amy - Oct 05, 2012 5:14:16 am PDT #19889 of 28370
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2012 5:22:08 am PDT #19890 of 28370
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 28370
"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 28370
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 28370
"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 28370
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.
Consuela - Oct 07, 2012 9:14:30 am PDT #19895 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consider this a PSA - don't pick up Code Name Verity unless you are prepared to finish it.
Indeed! I read it in on sitting as well.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 12:01:37 pm PDT #19896 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Teppy, light a candle or something for me. I found a 1st ed. of Anne Rice's
Blood Canticle
at the thrift store the other day, so I'm finally going to read it. The first chapter with Anne Rice Lestat having the hissy fit over people not liking
Memnoch the Devil
was hilarious. Probably not the effect she intended, but it made me laugh.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 12:14:14 pm PDT #19897 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, holy cow. I have lit the candle of May You Enjoy The Spectacle and Not Throw The Book When It Ends.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 12:19:02 pm PDT #19898 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I know I'll end up rereading The Vampire Lestat for consolation afterward. But it's an entertaining break/companion to the pre-Dracula vampire fiction I'm reading in prep for a panel I'm hosting at the end of the month.