meara, have you tried Readmill app?
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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."
le nubian - Feb 08, 2013 10:33:17 pm PST #20392 of 28352
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Fred Pete - Feb 11, 2013 4:15:17 am PST #20393 of 28352
Ann, that's a ferret.
"The Song of the Shirt" is one of the first well-known works about the treatment of the working poor, but I would have gone with Dickens.
Thanks for the explanation, Ginger. Although I'd argue that Elizabeth Gaskell was better than Dickens in her literary treatment of the working poor, Dickens was first.
Consuela - Feb 11, 2013 8:11:17 am PST #20394 of 28352
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So read Maire Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons this weekend. And I enjoyed it! Although it wasn't long enough.
You know those tales of the late-Victorian age, of robust elderly ladies who march out into the wilderness and have great adventures, ignoring propriety because they have both funds and experience? This book is about the creation of one of those fierce old biddies, starting at age 11 with her attempt to dissect a dead bird.
One could bill this as Jane Austen with Dragons: a loose alternate universe in which country names and maps are different but the social context is much the same as our early 1800s, except for the fact that dragons exist and our heroine is utterly fascinated by them. Except she is a well-bred young lady and such interests are considered far too outre and inappropriate. She finds a way, anyway, via some supportive family members and an advantageous marriage.
It's clearly the first of a series, and my major complaint is that the next one isn't in my hands right now, darn it.
I'm a bit disappointed I was so busy yesterday, because Brennan was doing a signing at Borderlands in SF and it would have been fun to meet her. Ah, well. Perhaps another time.
Beverly - Feb 11, 2013 1:36:42 pm PST #20395 of 28352
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Clannad's Maire Brennan? I had no idea she was a published writer. I'll have to track down Natural History of Dragons quickly.
Consuela - Feb 11, 2013 1:40:56 pm PST #20396 of 28352
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Woops, nope, Marie Brennan. She's a fantasy novelist: I think this is her 5th or so published novel.
Beverly - Feb 11, 2013 1:54:56 pm PST #20397 of 28352
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ah, okay. Well, the book sounds like my kind of thing, anyway, so thanks for the tip.
hippocampus - Feb 11, 2013 3:27:27 pm PST #20398 of 28352
not your mom's socks.
Good to hear Consuela - I'm looking forward to reading that one.
Amy - Feb 11, 2013 3:49:58 pm PST #20399 of 28352
Because books.
A new book rec site, Bookish, which I already like more than Goodreads. So far it doesn't look like it supports conversation, but it's nice and clean and uncluttered and a little more inclusive than Goodreads when it comes to tangential book stuff.
hippocampus - Feb 12, 2013 2:39:55 am PST #20400 of 28352
not your mom's socks.
Amy, Bookish looks curated! That is exciting.
Consuela - Feb 12, 2013 6:26:44 am PST #20401 of 28352
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
According to Metafilter, Bookish belongs to a major publisher, I forget which one.