Except the historians now mostly agree that it's hogwash.
Does that change the book?
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
DavidS - Oct 16, 2012 5:55:53 pm PDT #19933 of 28573
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Consuela - Oct 16, 2012 6:05:45 pm PDT #19934 of 28573
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Not at all. Just sayin'
Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 7:18:39 pm PDT #19935 of 28573
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I miss Betsy.
DavidS - Oct 16, 2012 7:21:25 pm PDT #19936 of 28573
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I miss Betsy.
So say we all.
hippocampus - Oct 17, 2012 3:08:35 am PDT #19937 of 28573
not your mom's socks.
My pal Natalie has some things to say about book reviews - thought I'd boost the signal: [link]
sumi - Oct 17, 2012 4:10:36 am PDT #19938 of 28573
Art Crawl!!!
Did you guys hear that they think they've found Richard III's skeleton?
Ouise - Oct 17, 2012 8:06:47 am PDT #19939 of 28573
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I'm reading Reflections, a book of essays on writing by Diana Wynne Jones and am loving it. It's making me want to re-read everything of hers.
DavidS - Oct 17, 2012 9:54:14 am PDT #19940 of 28573
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I read Diana's website a while back and it has a longish memoir about her childhood during WWII when she and her sisters were evacuated during the blitz. Really fascinating. Among other things, her neighbors out in the country included Beatrix Potter and T.H. White, both of whom were apparently quite grumpy.
sumi - Oct 18, 2012 9:16:41 am PDT #19941 of 28573
Art Crawl!!!
Bloody and spoilery Song of Ice and Fire cartoon A-Z.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 9:45:18 am PDT #19942 of 28573
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm about halfway through Blood Canticle, and it HAS to have been written as a comedy, right? Because it's hilarious. Sure, I side-eye the book pretty hard every time Lestat says "Dude" or "Yo", but then there are lines like "Not that the absence of hot chocolate meant anything metaphysically, of course", which are giggly delights.