Two vampirey books are free for Amazon kindle today:
Maggie for Hire and Recherche: A tale of memories, murder and vampires.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
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."
sumi - Feb 19, 2014 7:34:56 am PST #22067 of 28351
Art Crawl!!!
Calli - Feb 19, 2014 1:25:07 pm PST #22068 of 28351
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society the other day. I feel mildly uncomfortable about how endearing I found it. It's basically a pastoral romance pasted on top of a horrifying story of occupation, and it shouldn't work at all. And yet it does.
Ok, I've finished the book. I think there were enough horrific elements to make it seem like it wasn't taking the occupation too lightly. And it showed the occupying forces as human--mostly awful, 'cause Nazis, but all too rarely decent. And it showed some complexity in the occupied--some selling out their fellows, some heroic, many just trying to survive the experience. I like how the heroine didn't end up with the stereotypical male lead, but went for the pig farmer who appreciated her writing. I suspect I'll end up like Isola some day--I just hope I can get my hands on a motorcycle. I liked the epistolary narrative style. That's worked for me in other books. It's a good way for an author to show different character voices.
And I want to visit Guernsey now, but I wouldn't have turned down a visit before. Did anyone read about the author?
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2014 6:32:37 am PST #22069 of 28351
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've started the Gone Girl audiobook. How do you spell Nick's sister's name? Go?
Amy - Feb 20, 2014 6:35:43 am PST #22070 of 28351
Because books.
Yeah. It's short for Margo, if I remember right.
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2014 6:42:46 am PST #22071 of 28351
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ah, that makes sense.
I like the woman reading Amy more than the guy reading Nick. She's got the more fun part so far, though.
le nubian - Feb 20, 2014 11:13:18 am PST #22072 of 28351
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C, I thought you read the book before? Am I wrong.
Toddson - Feb 20, 2014 11:30:40 am PST #22073 of 28351
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ooh! I saw a book in the store a while ago - "Apocalypse Cow" - about (you guessed it) zombie cows. (P-C reminded me because, you know, COW)
Toddson - Feb 20, 2014 11:32:15 am PST #22074 of 28351
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Also, in sort-of literary news, Tom and Lorenzo have a book out. Nowhere near as much fun as their website ... I skimmed through the first couple chapters and it seems more sad and cynical than snarky and funny. They're appearing at a local bookstore to read, answer questons, and sign books.
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2014 12:16:43 pm PST #22075 of 28351
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, I thought you read the book before? Am I wrong.
You are wrong. I read Sharp Objects years ago, though.
le nubian - Feb 20, 2014 7:22:40 pm PST #22076 of 28351
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh! well, you are in for a treat!