And they are great!
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
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."
Gris - Jan 10, 2014 4:24:56 pm PST #21855 of 28368
Hey. New board.
DavidS - Jan 10, 2014 6:01:00 pm PST #21856 of 28368
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.)
Amy - Jan 12, 2014 6:50:16 am PST #21857 of 28368
Because books.
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.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2014 7:02:46 am PST #21858 of 28368
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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?
Amy - Jan 12, 2014 7:04:53 am PST #21859 of 28368
Because books.
No, they're not selkies, they're capaill uisce (or something). I looked it up; apparently it's "COPple OOSHka."
DavidS - Jan 12, 2014 7:05:30 am PST #21860 of 28368
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Koppleooshka!
Sue - Jan 12, 2014 7:17:21 am PST #21861 of 28368
hip deep in pie
I looked it up; apparently it's "COPple OOSHka."
I am convinced that Gaelic is just an enormous prank the Celts are pulling on us.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2014 7:59:27 am PST #21862 of 28368
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am convinced that Gaelic is just an enormous prank the Celts are pulling on us.
That would also explain Welsh spelling.
Kat - Jan 12, 2014 9:04:13 am PST #21863 of 28368
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I read Scorpio Races and enjoyed it. Nice mix of supernatural with realistic life.
Amy - Jan 12, 2014 10:31:35 am PST #21864 of 28368
Because books.
I think the Isle of Thisby is loosely modeled on the Isle of Man.
I read Scorpio Races and enjoyed it. Nice mix of supernatural with realistic life.
She does first-person really well. I don't love multiple first person narratives, but that seems to be her thing. Or had been until The Raven Boys, which I'd also like to read. I never read any of the Shiver trilogy, though, aside from skimming enough to get the multiple first person.