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]
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
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."
Kate P. - Aug 15, 2013 7:56:52 am PDT #21251 of 28406
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Amy - Aug 18, 2013 5:51:27 am PDT #21252 of 28406
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 28406
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 28406
"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 28406
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 28406
"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 28406
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.
javachik - Aug 18, 2013 2:32:11 pm PDT #21258 of 28406
Our wings are not tired.
It's definitely worth reading, despite the let down, Amy.
The Passage was an interesting experiment on use of the Kindle. A friend recommended it without telling me a single thing about it. I downloaded it without reading anything about it, and obviously I didn't have the book jacket for hints or clues. So it was so much fun being completely surprised by the plot and themes. It would have been a totally different experience had someone handed me the paperback.
megan walker - Aug 18, 2013 2:53:22 pm PDT #21259 of 28406
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Agree with everything above about The Passage, especially the editing. That book so did not need to be that long. I read it without knowing it was a trilogy and was very sad when I realized after over 700 pages that it was not going to be resolved.
I found the second volume hard to get into because I had forgotten so many details of the first one. So, when I saw the hardcover of #1 at Goodwill, I bought it so I could re-read at my leisure before the third installment (which I am looking forward to despite disappointment by #2).
Jesse - Aug 18, 2013 3:13:12 pm PDT #21260 of 28406
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.
Oh yeah, I was wondering about her others. Good one!