In Life of Pi the discovery that the Island was a carnivorous being gave me such the wiggins that I didn't sleep all night.
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
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."
Sue - Apr 08, 2013 8:28:09 am PDT #20598 of 28367
hip deep in pie
Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:29:06 am PDT #20599 of 28367
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ooh, good one! Anyone ever read "The Witches of Worm" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder? Because I looked askance at my cats for a WHILE reading that as a kid, and upon re-reading as an adult.
Sophia, I've put (a very few) books cover down or in the car because I felt like evil radiated off them. Totally irrational, but...
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 8:30:44 am PDT #20600 of 28367
Because books.
I loved The Witches of Worm!
I remember being up late one night sometime in high school reading Floating Dragon by Peter Straub and really freaking myself out.
Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:37:23 am PDT #20601 of 28367
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I have to have my hair tied back when I wash my face to this day because of the drain in It.
Every time I bend to splash water, I eyeball it and think "Beverly was suddenly aware of her hair hanging down in two thick sheaves..."
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2013 8:39:07 am PDT #20602 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pretty sure mine is, indeed, House of Leaves.
My psyche, she is strange.
This book is going to destroy your psyche. Are you reading the footnotes/appendices?
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 8:39:12 am PDT #20603 of 28367
Because books.
Storm drains had a whole new creepiness after It.
DebetEsse - Apr 08, 2013 8:45:23 am PDT #20604 of 28367
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I've only had footnotes thus far,but, yes. I basically always read footnotes and appendices.
Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:45:26 am PDT #20605 of 28367
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I tried to get into HoL but was all "Meh."
Storm drains had a whole new creepiness after It.
For sure! Whenever someone approaches a storm drain in a movie or TV show, I'm like "Don't do it! TIM CURRY IS GOING TO RIP YOUR ARM OFF!"
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2013 8:47:52 am PDT #20606 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've only had footnotes thus far,but, yes. I basically always read footnotes and appendices.
There is at least one appendix that I recommend reading when it becomes relevant rather than at the end. I forget how many there are, but I think you'll know it when you hit it.
Ginger - Apr 08, 2013 11:21:36 am PDT #20607 of 28367
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I finished Salem's Lot at about 3 a.m., and then got up and made sure I had garlic.