So the new Temeraire novel is out. I just downloaded it onto my Kindle...
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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."
Consuela - Aug 13, 2013 7:45:06 pm PDT #21248 of 28379
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kate P. - Aug 14, 2013 9:45:00 am PDT #21249 of 28379
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Whoa, I had no idea that was out! Must track down a copy.
Consuela - Aug 14, 2013 1:03:20 pm PDT #21250 of 28379
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm halfway through, and it's dealing with one of my bullet proof narrative kinks. Yum.
Kate P. - Aug 15, 2013 7:56:52 am PDT #21251 of 28379
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Requested from the library! I'm glad you're enjoying it, Suela.
ION, romance readers will want to check out this video of romance authors answering a very important question. My coworker made it and it's short and funny: [link]
Amy - Aug 18, 2013 5:51:27 am PDT #21252 of 28379
Because books.
That's cute.
Did anyone else read The Passage by Justin Cronin? I'm only 137 pages in (of 879) but I can't put it down.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2013 8:02:39 am PDT #21253 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just finished Gone Girl, and (a) omgwtf, and (b) of course Ben Affleck is playing Nick in the movie, because who else?
Kat - Aug 18, 2013 9:42:42 am PDT #21254 of 28379
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Did anyone else read The Passage by Justin Cronin? I'm only 137 pages in (of 879) but I can't put it down.
I started it but abandoned it after about 40 pages. I don't know why... but it was one of the first books on my nook that I got and I just never finished it.
javachik - Aug 18, 2013 11:30:55 am PDT #21255 of 28379
Our wings are not tired.
Amy, I read it when I came out and really loved it. Sadly, its sequel is a mess, which was mightily disappointing. It's a trilogy though, so I'm hoping Cronin will tie it all together in the end.
Jesse, yes, I see him in the role easily. As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.
Rayne - Aug 18, 2013 1:24:53 pm PDT #21256 of 28379
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I have the same thoughts on The Passage (and the sequel) that javachik does.
My biggest issue with The Passage was that it needed more editing. It didn't need to be almost 800 pages.
Amy - Aug 18, 2013 1:48:20 pm PDT #21257 of 28379
Because books.
It is pretty indulgent, but so far I don't mind. Sad to hear about The Twelve, though I know I'll probably read it anyway.
I also like that I didn't know it was set in a not-too-distant future. The world is pretty much the same as we know it, and then suddenly he's talking about the Mall of America Massacre or New Orleans being turned into a giant petrochemical factory or border checkpoints and it all seems chillingly plausible.