Your point is well taken. I was being unnecessarily vicious.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
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."
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2013 1:27:03 pm PDT #21193 of 28378
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Gris - Jul 31, 2013 5:55:32 am PDT #21194 of 28378
Hey. New board.
I think it's possible to like good fantasy but not Gaiman. He has a distinct style. Some people don't like some styles that many think are good.
Signed,
Hates Vonnegut and is pretty meh on Pratchett
Toddson - Jul 31, 2013 12:53:38 pm PDT #21195 of 28378
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For Lois McMaster Bujold fans - want to submit a paper?
Typo Boy - Jul 31, 2013 7:47:31 pm PDT #21196 of 28378
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Gris agreed. People can hate or be meh on something I love and still love other things of high quality. Matt gave some great examples of very unGaiman things. For that matter either Gaiman or Pratchett (I forget which) hates Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - which I like (and Hunting of the Snark).
le nubian - Aug 01, 2013 7:59:59 pm PDT #21197 of 28378
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have been reading Rowling's mystery novel. Anyone here read it? I'm about 1/3rd of the way through.
Pix - Aug 01, 2013 8:08:22 pm PDT #21198 of 28378
The status is NOT quo.
I'm on a YA kick this week. I've read Matched, Crossed, and Reached and just started Graceling.
Kat - Aug 02, 2013 3:20:45 am PDT #21199 of 28378
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
le nubian, I read it and liked it. The ending was more surprising than I anticipated. I did read it relatively slowly, though, which is unusual for me. Not as devoury. I liked it better than Casual Vacancy which I never finished.
megan walker - Aug 02, 2013 9:14:33 am PDT #21200 of 28378
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm reading it now. I thought I would try to get it back before the due date (as I actually got 1 of the 2 copies the SFPL had before the deluge of holds, 540 and counting with 100+ copies ordered) but, like Kat, have been reading it slowly. Note: I will return it on time, however.
I agree it is not something one devours, but I'm liking it with 3/4 read.
le nubian - Aug 02, 2013 10:00:00 am PDT #21201 of 28378
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yeah. the pacing of the prose keeps me interested, but I only read for x amount of time. I'm not very far yet. I hope to get halfway or finish this weekend.
Kat - Aug 02, 2013 4:24:40 pm PDT #21202 of 28378
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But it's funny because it's not plodding. It's not that it's painful or just genuinely a slow read. It's like a pot of soup that bubbles along but doesn't force you to eat it all right now.
That is possibly the worst analogy, but there you go.
I am currently also reading The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England which is also very enlightening, but certainly slow going.