I woke up early this morning and couldn't fall back to sleep, so I started reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and I just finished it.
Fantastic.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
zuisa - Dec 20, 2012 9:13:13 am PST #20214 of 28344
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Gris - Dec 20, 2012 1:19:13 pm PST #20215 of 28344
Hey. New board.
Isn't? What an unrealistic but totally awesome-to-read book!
smonster - Dec 25, 2012 6:20:53 pm PST #20216 of 28344
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Anyone read The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater? I just got it for Xmas. Apparently it's a YA and my parents heard the author interviewed on NPR.
Dana - Dec 25, 2012 6:26:50 pm PST #20217 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I read "The Scorpio Races" by her, which I didn't love, but she can certainly write.
Kat - Dec 25, 2012 6:29:24 pm PST #20218 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I liked Scorpio Races more than I thought I would. My students like The Raven Boys and I thought her werewolf books were good enough. Well, good enough to finish the first but not the rest.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2012 6:18:11 pm PST #20219 of 28344
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Does anyone remember an old ghost story/supernatural tale about a haunted deck chair on a steamship or ocean liner? I have a vague memory of reading one decades ago and it being wonderfully creepy, but can't recall the title or author.
sj - Dec 29, 2012 5:30:20 pm PST #20220 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm reading a paperback I bought from alibris, and I found an old kodak slide in it that someone had obviously been using as a bookmark.
Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2012 5:45:04 pm PST #20221 of 28344
brillig
Naturally the slide shows the secret plans for a Cold War weapon, or is a picture of a crime in progress, and you're going to be driven to find the story behind the picture?
sj - Dec 29, 2012 6:18:46 pm PST #20222 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nope. A girl with a puppy and In one she is holding a toy guitar.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2013 6:43:51 am PST #20223 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For those that have expressed interest in my themed book salon in the past, I’ve decided to take it online at Goodreads. If you’re interested, you can sign up here.
As a reminder, the salon concept is simple: instead of reading and dissecting one book, as in a traditional book club, everyone selects whatever book they want that fits the theme of that session. Examples of topics include quests, crime and punishment, food and drink, memoirs, classic boys adventure, and eponymous heroines.
Our upcoming theme for the month of January is Upstairs/Downstairs. Book selections should be works about life in upper-class or aristocratic homes, either above or below stairs. The suggestions on the proposed list mostly take place in England, but there’s no reason why other countries and time periods couldn’t fit the theme.
For the moment, I will be introducing new topics as they are chosen by the Salonistas, but I hope to go back and reintroduce some of the more successful themes we have undertaken. Each topic will have its own folder, with a kick-off discussion thread for book suggestions. Further threads for more specific questions and themes can be added as needed.
Note: This group is a private Goodreads group, so anyone can see group information, but only members can see the discussion board.