I have been working on Mount Toberead and Mount Tobeshelved for the last several days, because the avalanches have been getting in the way of walking around.
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
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."
Ginger - Feb 19, 2013 7:07:58 pm PST #20473 of 28359
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
javachik - Feb 19, 2013 10:18:08 pm PST #20474 of 28359
Our wings are not tired.
I read that as Mount Toblerone. And now I crave delicious candy.
Kat - Feb 20, 2013 3:53:56 am PST #20475 of 28359
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I generally avoid WWII novels, for no clearly defined reason except I just... I don't know. I'm just not that into them. For this reason, I was super resistant to The Book Thief, but I ended up loving it. It's a wonderfully written book. (Also, I loved the Montmaray books and have passed them on multiple times).
Amy - Feb 20, 2013 4:18:44 am PST #20476 of 28359
Because books.
WWII books are only ever my thing if they're centered on the home front. So Rosamund Pilcher's Shell Seekers worked for me, and the Montmaray books, etc. I think Code Name Verity is the closest I ever get to actual action.
megan walker - Feb 20, 2013 7:52:35 am PST #20477 of 28359
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A couple of years ago, it seemed everything I read involved WWII, so I actively avoided it last year.
But now I'm reading HHhH.
Ginger - Feb 20, 2013 9:11:04 am PST #20478 of 28359
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
James Patterson on encouraging kids to read: [link]
Calli - Feb 20, 2013 9:16:50 am PST #20479 of 28359
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks, DCP!
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2013 9:24:34 am PST #20480 of 28359
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
James Patterson on encouraging kids to read
Aw, good for him. I read some of his books back in the day.
I was afraid it would be about how he thinks it's stupid to encourage kids to read, like that idiot who hates libraries.
Amy - Feb 20, 2013 5:34:20 pm PST #20481 of 28359
Because books.
A free Skullduggery Pleasant story to read at The Guardian.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2013 2:26:25 pm PST #20482 of 28359
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, I'm reading Gooseberry Bluff, as one does, and the next section isn't coming out for three weeks?? The horror!!