I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
This is exactly how I feel.
But I sure didn't see the assault-y part coming. At all. Kind of shook me up.
This is also exactly how I feel.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:06 pm PDT #20923 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amy - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:49 pm PDT #20924 of 28370
Because books.
There's Drood by Dan Simmons. Maybe something like Reading Lolita in Tehran?
le nubian - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:51 pm PDT #20925 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tep, I'm still leery. I was a bit put off by the gender relationships in the first book, so I think I'm going to keep away from the 2nd.
Steph L. - Jun 24, 2013 2:37:35 pm PDT #20926 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There are the Mary Russell books, which feature a retired Sherlock Holmes.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:40:01 pm PDT #20927 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now I really want to reread Possession.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:40:03 pm PDT #20928 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I meant in that it uses characters created by someone else.
Ah, gotcha!
I thought Death Comes to Pemberley and The Magicians were not very good. There's Perks of Being a Wallflower, heavily influenced by Catcher, but I think the writing in that is abysmal. I seem to be in the minority for really not getting why it's become such a teen classic. Let me ponder other possibilities...
ETA: I ADORE the Mary Russell books, though the first three were better than any of the rest.
flea - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:23 pm PDT #20929 of 28370
information libertarian
The Jane Austen Book Club. You could probably do a whole salon on works that reference Austen heavily.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:26 pm PDT #20930 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
Yeah, I just remembered the Mister Pip one seeing it in my notes and I remember loving the idea when I heard about it. I'm sure there are probably a bunch.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:53 pm PDT #20931 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Oh, what about A Thousand Acres, a great book winning tons of awards and based on King Lear?
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:43:09 pm PDT #20932 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Found an interesting link: [link]