Excerpt from the Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
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."
sumi - Jan 10, 2013 8:02:37 am PST #20251 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
le nubian - Jan 10, 2013 1:44:10 pm PST #20252 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I finished Gone Girl.
What a fucked up book. I mean holy shit. I figured out the central "mystery" but I never would have predicted the end. Both because it is so unrealistic in comparison to the rest. I actually don't buy the ending at all. SPOILERS Nick is absolutely kidding himself if he thinks he can keep this ruse going on all the time while they raise a child - who might become a devil child too. What happens when two people with extremely bad judgment who have dysfunctional emotional responses and knee jerk violent impulses raise a child? Man.
megan walker - Jan 10, 2013 2:33:54 pm PST #20253 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Huh, that's sort of why I thought it was the perfect ending. I didn't like it, but it sort of felt like the only way to go.
le nubian - Jan 10, 2013 3:23:13 pm PST #20254 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I wanted something more on the lines of homicide-suicide. He drives them off a cliff.
Kate P. - Jan 11, 2013 9:20:52 am PST #20255 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I didn't like it, but it sort of felt like the only way to go.
Yeah, that was kind of how I felt about it too.
Gone Girl was a pageturner for sure, and there were some things I liked about it, but so much of the characterization just did not work for me, and all the hype about how it's a book about marriage and men and women and blah blah blah... uh, if you're married to a total psychopath (sociopath?), then perhaps it would give you some insight into your own marriage, but otherwise it didn't seem to have a whole lot to say about actual human relationships.
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 11:47:52 am PST #20256 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Has anyone read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore? I read the Kindle sample, and the wait list at my library is 145 people, so I think I might be buying it. t /no impulse control when it comes to books t /or anything
le nubian - Jan 11, 2013 12:07:05 pm PST #20257 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kate,
there is no insight into actual human relationships I don't think.
Dana - Jan 11, 2013 12:41:23 pm PST #20258 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yes, I read it. I found it mostly cute, although there were moments I did love. I certainly enjoyed it. If you want a little more detail, it's kind of a cross between an old-school treasure hunt kind of thing and a new technology world.
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 12:43:24 pm PST #20259 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm good with cute. The Kindle sample definitely caught my attention. (Which might be a hilariously ironic statement, given what I think is the nature of the story.)
Polter-Cow - Jan 11, 2013 12:58:44 pm PST #20260 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dana, that sort of sounds like a bibliophile version of Ready Player One.