Me too! You are being awesome in there. Thank you.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
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."
hippocampus - Oct 21, 2013 7:19:41 am PDT #21527 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
erin_obscure - Oct 21, 2013 10:28:57 pm PDT #21528 of 28370
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Wow, speaking of agonizingly good, I just finished _Wintergirls_. And I hadn't read the description since putting it on hold at the library months before so I'd totally forgotten the subject matter and how painful it might be even for someone without a first person eating disorder experience. Even worse tho, at the end of the audio book the author read a poem based on _Speak_. I'm still sobbing.
Amy - Oct 22, 2013 1:14:00 pm PDT #21529 of 28370
Because books.
I've had Wintergirls on my shelf for two years now and still need to read it. Maybe I'll bump it up.
I went back to The Light Between Oceans which I'm liking more now, and also started Paper Towns, because it belongs to Ben's friend and she wants it back eventually. I'm a little surprised -- I'm not very far in yet, but Margo is striking me as a manic pixie dream girl with a bad attitude, and I'm not sure I like her.
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2013 1:28:54 pm PDT #21530 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Paper Towns is interesting because it sort of embraces the MPDG trope while also commenting on it. Part of the point of the book is that she's not a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, she's an actual person, which Quentin never saw her as until she was gone.
erin_obscure - Oct 22, 2013 1:40:59 pm PDT #21531 of 28370
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
What P_C white fonted. Keep going with Paper Towns, it's surprisingly touching. Be warned: while reading Wintergirls you might find yourself having unusual issues with food. Thankfully that resolved as soon as I was done with it.
Amy - Oct 22, 2013 1:51:18 pm PDT #21532 of 28370
Because books.
Oh, I'm definitely going to keep reading. Ben loved it, and I told him I would read it, but the difference between this book and The Fault in Our Stars is really noticeable. He's a little more aggressively *John Green* in this book.
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2013 1:58:12 pm PDT #21533 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm mixed on John Green. I loved The Fault in Our Stars and An Abundance of Katherines, and I thought Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns were okay. (And those two books are pretty similar.) And I liked Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
Kat - Oct 22, 2013 5:17:27 pm PDT #21534 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I thought Will Grayson, Will Grayson was overly twee. But I blame David Levithian for that.
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2013 5:18:24 pm PDT #21535 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm not even sure what twee means anymore.
Kat - Oct 22, 2013 5:25:08 pm PDT #21536 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think having the big fat gay football player, in love every other minute with a new guy, write, direct and perform in a musical on his life is an affection that easily equals twee since it is meant to hit all of the sweet buttons. As you can tell, Will Grayson is certainly NOT my favorite.