I recently finished Divergent ... it was good, and I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure if the following books are worth it for me.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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 - Nov 12, 2013 10:47:53 am PST #21610 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Toddson - Nov 12, 2013 10:50:44 am PST #21611 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'd meant to post this: a photographic tour of sites from The War for the Oaks.
le nubian - Nov 12, 2013 12:47:03 pm PST #21612 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Toddson,
I think the 2nd book is worth it. I think you should read spoilers for the 3rd and not the actual book.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2013 7:16:53 am PST #21613 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
War For The Oaks, man. Reading books doesn't feel as momentous these days as it did then. I don't know if it's the books or me, or what, but I don't remember as much about my life around my book as I do about the ones I read in university.
That's probably university and Montreal. I remember OSC in that context too. I remember my roomie and I going "What is his thing with nubile prodigy boys?" and starting to shy away from his fiction, but trying to stick it out with the Mormon stuff, of all choices.
Atropa - Nov 13, 2013 9:07:04 am PST #21614 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
War For The Oaks, man.
Exactly. I know there are some problems with the book, but my love for it hasn't diminished.
Calli - Nov 13, 2013 9:12:50 am PST #21615 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
War For The Oaks, man.
I love that book. Hmmm. I haven't reread it in years--maybe I should change that.
Toddson - Nov 13, 2013 10:36:09 am PST #21616 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I reread it fairly recently ... and it's still enjoyable.
Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2013 4:19:57 am PST #21617 of 28370
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NEWSFLASH: Mormons tend to write genre fiction.
Kat - Nov 15, 2013 6:04:13 am PST #21618 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
NEWSFLASH: Mormons tend to write genre fiction.
The New York Times is always so cutting edge.
Amy - Nov 15, 2013 6:24:40 am PST #21619 of 28370
Because books.
I hate the old-fashioned convention of "Mr. Morgan" and "Ms. Nunes," too. The Grey Lady needs to take some petticoats off.
I didn't know James Dashner was LDS.