Tintinnabulation is one of my favorite words, Typo.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'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."
hippocampus - Oct 26, 2012 5:12:31 am PDT #20012 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
sumi - Oct 26, 2012 7:15:31 am PDT #20013 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is 50 years old.
Toddson - Oct 29, 2012 2:55:55 pm PDT #20014 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Catching up after much too long ...
I've loved Josephine Tey's books for a long time. She created some interesting situations and characters. I think my favorite was "To Love And Be Wise".
In regard to Ray Bradbury, one of the stories in "The Toynbee Convector" is set in San Francisco, if I remember correctly. "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair" ... all I remember clearly is a conversation taking place on one of those really long staircases.
I've read some Shirley Jackson, but it was a long time ago. The original "The Haunting" was seriously scary. The remake ... really kind of a waste of talent. It always irks me when someone takes somethng and remakes it so that it gets changed all out of any resemblence to the original. And some of the changes seem to be for no purpose other than to be different. huh ... we're having problems with the publishers of our magazine doing that exact thing - rewriting stuff to put their "stamp" on it and inserting incorrect information in the process.
Toddson - Oct 29, 2012 2:55:58 pm PDT #20015 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
drat ... double post.
sj - Oct 29, 2012 5:21:51 pm PDT #20016 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I finished Something Wicked This Way Comes while the electricity was out. I really enjoyed it. Although, I think I liked the opening few chapters the best; they were so atmospheric. Now what to read next?
Anne W. - Oct 29, 2012 5:23:47 pm PDT #20017 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm about halfway through SWtWC. I'll be reading a bit more tonight.
sj - Oct 29, 2012 5:27:33 pm PDT #20018 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Maybe I'll go back to Night Circus. I was reading it before the move, and then I misplaced it and found it when I was looking for something else recently.
Steph L. - Oct 29, 2012 5:32:39 pm PDT #20019 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm reading Libba Bray's new novel, The Diviners. It's creepy and apt for this time of year.
Polter-Cow - Oct 29, 2012 7:26:38 pm PDT #20020 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I finished Duma Key today! The exciting last third totally made up for the often-boring first two-thirds.
Volans - Oct 30, 2012 4:18:39 am PDT #20021 of 28344
move out and draw fire
Back when I was teaching high school English in Malaysia, I had the students each select a poem to do a bunch of work with, including read aloud. A Japanese boy with a very strong Japanese accent chose "The Bells."
And now I can't unhear his version.