But it's Sylvia! I have to read it. I also need to reread The Bell Jar.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
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."
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 11:57:41 am PDT #20692 of 28370
Because books.
Kate P. - Apr 17, 2013 12:04:28 pm PDT #20693 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I know! And I love Sylvia. I just don't really care what lipstick she liked.
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 12:20:12 pm PDT #20694 of 28370
Because books.
Sylvia was my first sort of hardcore obsession fandom. My favorite was
Letters Home,
which I know her mother heavily edited, but even so -- it's a fuller picture of her than her poetry alone, and Aurelia doesn't come off completely blameless.
erikaj - Apr 17, 2013 12:37:36 pm PDT #20695 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked that book too.
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 12:48:25 pm PDT #20696 of 28370
Because books.
One of the things I liked about it was that it did show that she was both of her time, and forward-thinking. I remember reading one letter where she's talking about how much she wants to break into the women's magazines, and I was shocked. But she's poet! She can't do silly, commercial stuff! She really wanted to do everything.
WindSparrow - Apr 19, 2013 4:00:04 am PDT #20697 of 28370
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I need some readerly advice. If one wanted to know more about Death, Terry Pratchet's Discworld, after having only seen a couple of the lovely tv shows - "Color of Magic" and "Hogfather", etc - without having read any of the Discworld books yet, which book might be most profitable as starting points?
ETA: I ask this, having read the Wikipedia entry on it, so having some clue which books Death is in as more than just a cameo. But if does not necessarily really tell me which is the best starting point for a complete n00b.
-t - Apr 19, 2013 4:08:51 am PDT #20698 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Mort is the one I'd recommend, I think. Unless you just want to start with Colour of Magic and plow through them all, of course.
[link] may be helpful.
![[link]](http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-20.jpg){kind=link}
WindSparrow - Apr 19, 2013 4:19:50 am PDT #20699 of 28370
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ah, thank you. Bookmarked the link, too.
WindSparrow - Apr 19, 2013 5:09:33 am PDT #20700 of 28370
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Five pages into Mort and I can say YES.
Also I love instant downloads. I resisted e-readers but I love not having to wait for a new book to come in the mail.
Liese S. - Apr 19, 2013 11:43:05 am PDT #20701 of 28370
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, definitely Mort, and also Hogfather.