Every single death in A Song of Ice and Fire: [link]
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
Consuela - Nov 20, 2013 6:53:07 am PST #21638 of 28664
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
hippocampus - Nov 20, 2013 7:32:51 am PST #21639 of 28664
not your mom's socks.
beat me to it, Consuela. That is amazing.
In other (less deadly) books, I interviewed the author of A River of No Return about time travel and food today: [link]
chrismg - Nov 21, 2013 10:18:59 am PST #21640 of 28664
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
This is interesting - some simple textual analysis of the Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Twilight series, giving the most distinctive adjectives, adverbs, and sentences are. There's not much that's surprising, but I thought it funny what Suzanne Collins' most common adjective is.
Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2013 11:21:39 am PST #21641 of 28664
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love Meyer's list of most common sentences.
Amy - Nov 21, 2013 11:39:28 am PST #21642 of 28664
Because books.
I'll admit I skimmed -- did they level each author at all? Reading level, I mean? That would have been interesting to see.
le nubian - Nov 21, 2013 12:36:41 pm PST #21643 of 28664
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
One of the commenters took offense to the lumping in of these three books together. I actually agree with some of her points.
Strix - Nov 22, 2013 4:16:59 am PST #21644 of 28664
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
did they level each author at all? Reading level, I mean? That would have been interesting to see.
They didn't, but...
THG: 7 T: 4.4 HPatPS:5.3
Amy - Nov 22, 2013 7:25:49 am PST #21645 of 28664
Because books.
I'm surprised Harry Potter isn't higher than that, based on the vocabulary.
Gris - Nov 22, 2013 2:12:03 pm PST #21646 of 28664
Hey. New board.
I think the later books are higher levels
Kat - Nov 22, 2013 4:28:31 pm PST #21647 of 28664
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Has anyone read Hild yet? I couldn't put it down. Compelling.