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.
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
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."
hippocampus - Oct 06, 2012 8:51:13 pm PDT #19894 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
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.
Hil R. - Oct 12, 2012 4:13:21 pm PDT #19899 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anyone have a recommendation for a picture book, with a girl main character, that's not all princessy and stuff, but also not so far to the "Look! Girls can do anything!" side that it gets preachy? I was thinking One Morning in Maine, but I think that's aimed a little older than what I'm looking for. Blueberries for Sal, which I love the book, just struck me as a bit too gender-essentialist today. (Yes, I'm way over-analyzing a baby gift. This kid will have plenty of pink and princess stuff, but her parents would probably look a bit askance at the Free to Be You and Me type things.)
Pix - Oct 12, 2012 4:14:46 pm PDT #19900 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
What about The Paper Bag Princess? I guess someone could think it was preachy, but I just love it.
Hil R. - Oct 12, 2012 4:36:23 pm PDT #19901 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I really wish that Tell Me a Mitzi were still in print. I loved that book, so much.
Jessica - Oct 12, 2012 5:28:07 pm PDT #19902 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was going to say Paper Bag Princess too. If it's a new-baby gift, though, go with the Knuffle Bunny trilogy. Or an Elephant and Piggie book. (Today I Will Fly or Watch Me Throw The Ball for starters.)
smonster - Oct 12, 2012 5:31:46 pm PDT #19903 of 28370
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I really wish that Tell Me a Mitzi were still in print. I loved that book, so much.
OMG, we had that book and read it to pieces (not literally). My mom probably has it stashed away with the rest of our prized baby books. Our first cat was named Mitzi, though I'm not sure there was a connection.