It's just ... it's one of those things I dislike - it's kind of like when CSI: Miami was all about Horatio Cain and the angst of having his wife shot. All personal angst, spread over several books. And, yeah, he's just a little too perfect for my taste.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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."
Toddson - Aug 20, 2013 11:23:27 am PDT #21287 of 28378
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
flea - Aug 20, 2013 11:24:03 am PDT #21288 of 28378
information libertarian
I learned today that a friend of mine used to be Elmore Leonard's gardener in Detroit. She describes him as "truly sweet" an apparently he liked peanuts so much she spent a lot of time removing peanut shells from flower beds.
Polgara - Aug 20, 2013 12:28:35 pm PDT #21289 of 28378
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
I agree with Toddson, the Helen Pendergast "trilogy" made me want to beat my head against a wall. Same with the preceding Diogenes "trilogy". (Trilogy in quotes, 'cause each storyline got THREE ENTIRE BOOKS, but I'm not sure they were billed as a trilogy.)
Calli - Aug 20, 2013 1:58:51 pm PDT #21290 of 28378
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
RIP Leonard, indeed. The man had an amazing hand with dialog.
EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2013 2:12:29 pm PDT #21291 of 28378
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I agree with Toddson, the Helen Pendergast "trilogy" made me want to beat my head against a wall. Same with the preceding Diogenes "trilogy". (Trilogy in quotes, 'cause each storyline got THREE ENTIRE BOOKS, but I'm not sure they were billed as a trilogy.)
I'm pretty sure I got through the Diogenes Trilogy before I wandered off last time. I don't think I started Helen's. Maybe I better just get out while the gettin's good.
dcp - Aug 20, 2013 2:31:35 pm PDT #21292 of 28378
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I don't care for the Preston&Child books, but I liked Preston's Cities of Gold - A Journey Across the American Soutwest [link] very much.
Tom Scola - Aug 21, 2013 5:11:43 am PDT #21293 of 28378
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Onion's Elmore Leonard obit: [link]
erikaj - Aug 21, 2013 5:48:36 am PDT #21294 of 28378
Always Anti-fascist!
BWAH HA HA! (much better than the five million links to those "rules")
Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 6:22:15 am PDT #21295 of 28378
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So good.
erikaj - Aug 21, 2013 6:29:21 am PDT #21296 of 28378
Always Anti-fascist!
He'd love that, and kind of hate it.