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.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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 17, 2012 9:54:14 am PDT #19940 of 28414
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sumi - Oct 18, 2012 9:16:41 am PDT #19941 of 28414
Art Crawl!!!
Bloody and spoilery Song of Ice and Fire cartoon A-Z.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 9:45:18 am PDT #19942 of 28414
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.
Cass - Oct 18, 2012 10:09:29 am PDT #19943 of 28414
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
but then there are lines like "Not that the absence of hot chocolate meant anything metaphysically, of course", which are giggly delights.
I blame you entirely for the fact that I am going to eventually read this. Blame.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 10:12:28 am PDT #19944 of 28414
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I blame you entirely for the fact that I am going to eventually read this. Blame.
I am surprisingly okay with taking on that blame. It's hilarious! Metaphysical hot chocolate! Lestat giving editorial critique on Mona's journal entries!
Cass - Oct 18, 2012 10:20:15 am PDT #19945 of 28414
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I just put a hold on it. Lestat's critiquing Mona's journal clinched it. That's meta funny.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 18, 2012 10:42:58 am PDT #19946 of 28414
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wait-- somehow Lestat and Mona are in the same book? I stopped ready at Tales of the Body Thief. Or possibly Memnoch the Devil, whichever came last.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 11:13:05 am PDT #19947 of 28414
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Wait-- somehow Lestat and Mona are in the same book?
Yes, at the end of Blackwood Farm. Because Tarquin Blackwood, fledgeling vampire, was in LOVE with Mona, and Lestat had kind of adopted Tarquin and ...
Yeah. It's all a cracky mess. I know that Blood Canticle is one of the books that infuriated Anne Rice's fans, I agree that there was no need to bring the worlds of the Mayfair Witches and the vampires together, and I hated Memnoch the Devil. But I'm reading Blood Canticle because I want to be able to say that I HAVE read all of the Vampire Chronicles, and because when all is said and done, Lestat is still my vampire idol. I just prefer him when he's not having Deep Thoughts about religion, and is instead the dashing fiend in the velvet frock coat.
chrismg - Oct 18, 2012 9:12:54 pm PDT #19948 of 28414
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I've been skimming. Has anyone told Jilli about this?
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 9:17:32 pm PDT #19949 of 28414
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yessssss. I just can't justify buying another purse. But oh, how I want that Dracula one.