I just put Eleanor & Park on my library list after reading the The Toast interview with the author.
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
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."
Jesse - Sep 17, 2013 5:42:03 pm PDT #21426 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Sep 17, 2013 5:53:01 pm PDT #21427 of 28370
Because books.
Tumblr is reading Fangirl as its first official Tumblr Bookclub book. Which I thought would be fun, but I had to unfollow -- I haven't had a chance to pick up the book yet, and it was post after post of gushing praise and fanart and memes, and it was a little overwhelming. I'd still like to read both, though.
I wound up starting Joe Hill's Horns, but I've been so busy I haven't gotten very far. I loved Heart-Shaped Box so much, I think I'm also nervous this one won't measure up.
Consuela - Sep 17, 2013 6:03:54 pm PDT #21428 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read that interview, too, Jesse. It looks pretty awesome.
meara - Sep 17, 2013 8:30:53 pm PDT #21429 of 28370
I'm actually most of the way through fan girl at the moment. Enjoying it but not sure how I will like the ending. I feel like she is...focusing the plot in places other than I would want? Or something. Hard to explain.
Sparky1 - Sep 18, 2013 4:28:24 am PDT #21430 of 28370
Librarian Warlord
I finished Rose Under Fire, and agree with Consuela that it was very good, but sometimes hard going. I had expectations for this book and wasn't disappointed. Elizabeth Wein is at Politics & Prose tomorrow night, and while I don't think I can get there, they do post recordings of the readings, so that's something to listen to someday soon.
Kat - Sep 18, 2013 11:24:55 am PDT #21431 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and it's so good. There are so many beautiful lines in the book that capture the ineffable sweetness of friendship as well as the angst of everything else. So far I'd recommend it. (Anyone else read it?)
meara - Sep 18, 2013 6:15:43 pm PDT #21432 of 28370
I finished Fangirl. It ended slightly abruptly. I thought there would be another chapter or three, and suddenly there wasnt. Weird. But it was interesting, and I liked the descriptions of the fanficcing, even if not super much some of the character/plot.
Kat - Sep 20, 2013 6:39:37 am PDT #21433 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just finished Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. It was beautifully done. Not an easy book but it was a great coming out story (if that's your cup of tea) and the language was excellent. Amazingly good. Good enough to dogear pages to find quotes that were excellent.
Now I'm on to Eleanor and Park and so far I am enjoying it.
Amy - Sep 20, 2013 6:48:52 am PDT #21434 of 28370
Because books.
I have Eleanor and Park, but I grabbed Please Ignore Vera Dietz off my shelf last night on the way out the door, and it's fantastic. A.S. King is blowing me away.
I wrote about Aristotle and Dante in a GLBT roundup of books for teens earlier this year, and it really looked great.
Consuela - Sep 20, 2013 6:56:38 am PDT #21435 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Martha Wells' new Star Wars novel, Razor's Edge, in which Leia is awesome, comes out on Monday. And the publisher has commissioned a truly stunning piece of art work for it.
Pays to be writing in a forty-year-old franchise worth billions, I guess!