Have you read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova?
Yes, and I liked it, although I feel she petered out on the ending. But the rest of it was loads of fun!
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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."
Strix - Sep 02, 2013 6:04:13 pm PDT #21320 of 28377
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Beverly - Sep 02, 2013 11:31:23 pm PDT #21321 of 28377
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yohnalossee Riding School for Girls
I haven't read the book, but I know exactly where Yonahlassee is. We used to drive past it all the time on our backcountry trips. Their horses are very friendly. They will nibble on your car.
um, sorry, not book-related. Nothing to see here, move along.
sumi - Sep 03, 2013 5:05:27 am PDT #21322 of 28377
Art Crawl!!!
But very cool. I have the book and I started it - but then I got distracted . . .possibly because I have the book in book form rather than on my kindle.
lisah - Sep 03, 2013 6:12:57 am PDT #21323 of 28377
Punishingly Intricate
Wolf Hall!!!
Gris - Sep 03, 2013 7:01:33 am PDT #21324 of 28377
Hey. New board.
I am reading Infinite Jest. 4% in (which is a good solid novella worth of words) I feel like I am reading something written by somebody with much more literary intelligence than me, but not in the smug and infuriating way that made me stop reading at least one Zadie Smith and one Jonathan Franzen book. I feel like I will (slowly) finish this one. Score one for modern literature!
It is very confusing in some ways, and jumps around in space and time a good bit, but with just enough hints that I don't feel exactly lost. There are a lot of descriptions of drugs. And the words are just very pretty.
le nubian - Sep 03, 2013 7:50:27 am PDT #21325 of 28377
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am reading Indexing still and while I like it, i am not sure what to think of Amazon's serial format. This is the 2nd book I have read this way and I am "eh" on it as structure.
The stories are pretty interesting to me though. I am in Episode 4.
WindSparrow - Sep 03, 2013 7:55:33 am PDT #21326 of 28377
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I've been enjoying the episodes of Indexing, too. I definitely want the rest of the story. I do wonder ell the authors get paid like this in comparison to more usual ways of publishing. And I sort of like the connection to serialized stories from early last century.
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2013 8:00:11 am PDT #21327 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Indexing is great. It does get more serialized later and shit is currently quite real.
le nubian - Sep 03, 2013 10:40:55 am PDT #21328 of 28377
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The thing I don't like is the beginning of each episode is repetitious. Character details that have been thoroughly explained in previous episodes. In a novel they would be stripped out altogether. I guess if this were tv though, this would be necessary.
Kat - Sep 03, 2013 12:09:18 pm PDT #21329 of 28377
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Wolf Hall, The Light Between Oceans, The Forgotten Garden, The Little Friend, Dark Places, A Discovery of Witches,
Amy, I am with lisah on Wolf Hall. DAMN that book is amazing. Even when you know exactly, historically, how everything turns out, it's page turning. Hilary Mantel kicks ass.
I did not like The Light Between Oceans. Read half and then abandoned.
I totally enjoyed Discovery of Witches. It's pretty fluffy and easy to get through. nothing deep.