Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
The entire Oz collection is on sale at Amazon (Kindle) for only $.99! [link]
Another version for $.99, with all books illustrated, instead of just the first.
I might have to pick that up, even though I'm pretty sure I already have the other version. (It comes with a warning that it might load slowly because of all the illustrations. Might just have to get me some o dat).
Aaaaand I bought both of them. I've never read any of the Oz books, so I'm ok spending $1.98 for them now.
$2 for not having to find them and/or decide which ones to get? Yeah, that's reasonable.
I bought the super illustrated one. I haven't read them since I was a kid - my grandmother had them, so I read them when we stayed with her, so they have that vacation-y treat patina for me.
Totally worth the convenience.
And they are great!
And they are great!
They get into a Star Trek Movie rhythm about four books in where they start alternating boring books (because Baum got bored with them) with great books. But stick it out to the Patchwork Girl of Oz - one of my favorites.
It was an American tradition for about 35 years that children would always get a new Oz book under the Christmas tree. (Sort of like that sweet spot where both Harry Potter and LoTR movies were coming out at Christmas.)
With The Snow Child and The Book Thief read, I was waffling between Rose Under Fire (more WWII, which I wasn't sure I was ready for) and The Goldfinch (which feels like cheating because I never read The Little Friend), and somehow managed to start The Scorpio Races instead. Has anyone else read it? It's great so far, but the pronunciation of "water horses" in Gaelic (I guess?) is driving me nuts.
Has anyone else read it? It's great so far, but the pronunciation of "water horses" in Gaelic (I guess?) is driving me nuts.
Is it selkie?
No, they're not selkies, they're capaill uisce (or something). I looked it up; apparently it's "COPple OOSHka."
Koppleooshka!