The ending is definitely crushing. Yes, rushed. I assumed that mom and kids made it to Minneapolis. So good!
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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."
Kat - Oct 05, 2013 6:33:20 pm PDT #21495 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy - Oct 05, 2013 6:54:36 pm PDT #21496 of 28370
Because books.
I'm going to try her adult novel, Attachments, too.
I was packing up some book earlier and found two of my old Normal Klein YAs, circa 1977 and 1979. They both startled me with how sexually frank they were, and yet, I remember reading them at the time, and I wasn't shocked then. I think more teen novels were open about sex and drug use in the 1970s, in a very realistic way (as opposed to being a problem book).
It also struck me how much really has changed -- this is peak of the women's movement stuff, and these 17- and 18-year-old girls are questioning everything about their futures and societal norms.
I wish I hadn't lost my copy of her Sunshine. Such a fantastic hippie move-of-the-week thing.
Kat - Oct 05, 2013 7:13:32 pm PDT #21497 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I read Attachments last week. Frothier and sweet. Very much a romance without the angst at all. Lovely characters, but a bit unrealistic. And it felt like she sort of wrote herself into a corner and the ending was a bit klunky.
Actually endings may be an issue for her.
Amy - Oct 05, 2013 7:23:31 pm PDT #21498 of 28370
Because books.
Hmmm. Maybe I'll go with Fangirl instead.
Ben is desperate for me to read Paper Towns next, though. And I want to get everything A.S. King has ever written out of the library now.
meara - Oct 05, 2013 10:28:31 pm PDT #21499 of 28370
ctually endings may be an issue for her.
Yeah, I felt like the ending of Fangirl was a bit abrupt too. I enjoyed it, but not as much as Eleanor and Park (so I'm kinda glad I read it first, so I wasn't having high expectations!)
hippocampus - Oct 06, 2013 3:55:12 am PDT #21500 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
Amy, I think I have Sunshine somewhere.
Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2013 2:39:54 pm PDT #21501 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My Mom is recovering nicely from her concussion, though not yet completely over it. Last year she was a hit at her local readers theater with her reading of Poe's "The Bells". She says there is no way to top that. It would be a great present for her to prove her wrong. I would be really grateful for suggestions.
[Edited to make sense. Also this is for Halloween]
Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2013 2:40:53 pm PDT #21502 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Note: does not have to be famous, just good, melodramatic and over the top.
Toddson - Oct 08, 2013 5:05:35 am PDT #21503 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
How about "Lepanto" ... can't remember the author. Great rhythm to the words and good rhymes.
Edit: hah! should have known it was G.K. Chesterton! Text is here.
Ginger - Oct 08, 2013 8:02:06 am PDT #21504 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The first things that come to mind from "melodramatic and over the top" are "The Highwayman" and "Casey at the Bat."