Count me among those who think the ending of Gone Girl is rather perfect. Not satisfying in any way, but perfect.
Man, that book was addictive.
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
Wash ,'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."
Gris - Mar 20, 2013 8:14:54 am PDT #20556 of 28363
Hey. New board.
Amy - Mar 20, 2013 8:31:28 am PDT #20557 of 28363
Because books.
flea, are you still book-shopping? A couple other picture book favorites:
The Library, Sarah Stewart
Rachel Fister's Blister, Amy MacDonald
If I Were a Lion, Sarah Weeks
Diane Goode also has a few really lovely picture books with the most charming illustrations. Where's Our Mama? is gorgeous and set in 1920s Paris.
Also, if you can find anything by Alison Lester, get it. She's Australian, and the books were some of Sara's every-freaking-night favorites.
Volans - Mar 21, 2013 11:42:02 am PDT #20558 of 28363
move out and draw fire
Hey - I posted this on FB, but it's worthy of posting here, and a fun mental exercise. I've been raving about the Harry Potter fanfic Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality recently. It's long, and not yet done, and awesome, like Douglas Hofstadter wrapped in pop culture references. I mean, there's a lagniappe that mashes up Anita Blake and Paul Erdos. Could it BE more Buffista? It could not.
Anyway, whether you've read that or not, a couple fans of it decided to put together the House reading lists for rationalist Hogwarts students. [link] My actual bookshelves are a mix of the Ravenclaw and Slytherin lists, which is probably about right.
Hil R. - Mar 21, 2013 5:05:59 pm PDT #20559 of 28363
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I (finally) finished reading Les Miserables. Long, but good. And the melodrama in the musical doesn't even remotely approach the melodrama in the book.
sj - Mar 22, 2013 11:01:42 am PDT #20560 of 28363
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Chinua Achebe passed away link.
Consuela - Mar 23, 2013 8:54:28 am PDT #20561 of 28363
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Not sure where this goes, but the Lizzie Bennet Diaries vlog-to-dvd project just got way more than their Kickstarter goal: [link]
Awesome! I got way behind, so now I can watch it on my own schedule.
DebetEsse - Mar 23, 2013 12:39:11 pm PDT #20562 of 28363
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I am debating whether I have $55 to spend on that.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2013 1:50:20 pm PDT #20563 of 28363
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I haven't seen any of it at all, and I am definitely tempted to buy the DVD to make watching it easier, but $55 is a lot. But maaaaaaaybe this is what I can use my Oscar pool winnings for.
Steph L. - Mar 25, 2013 5:04:32 am PDT #20564 of 28363
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I had no idea there was a new Kiki Strike book out! And even better, my library has it in! (But I'm in the middle of Etiquette and Espionage, and the Tanith Low book should ship soon, and I think another installment of Knut's book is out this week, yes? It's an embarrassment of book riches.)
sumi - Mar 26, 2013 4:54:08 am PDT #20565 of 28363
Art Crawl!!!
Amazon recommended Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslight Fiction to me - and I thought (if they hadn't recommended to you) then a few here might be interested.