Yeah, not wanting to be Mockingjay'ed, I've already decided not to read any of them.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
megan walker - Feb 24, 2014 7:07:04 am PST #22081 of 28461
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
meara - Feb 24, 2014 7:14:43 am PST #22082 of 28461
Yeah, not wanting to be Mockingjay'ed
Hah. I feel like ALL the YAs have this "Must be a trilogy!!" thing going on, and it irks. There are some that would be so much better as stand-alones (...though I get that marketing-wise that's not as worth it), or at most with a sequel.
erin_obscure - Feb 24, 2014 1:57:49 pm PST #22083 of 28461
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I would totally see the movie. I suspect it will translate very well to film.
meara - Feb 24, 2014 4:36:23 pm PST #22084 of 28461
I just read "where'd you go Bernadette", which I can't decide if I liked. Maybe it was just overhyped. It had some cute very seattle things. But the plot was...odd? Confusing? Something.
Dana - Feb 25, 2014 1:29:18 am PST #22085 of 28461
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Wow, you guys weren't kidding about Allegiant. That was terrible.
sumi - Feb 25, 2014 4:33:18 am PST #22086 of 28461
Art Crawl!!!
erikaj - Feb 25, 2014 12:29:47 pm PST #22087 of 28461
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I think I liked the mixture of styles and stuff more than the story, Meara. It was cute, but I do sort of not like that, once you decide you've written a comic novel, you can throw the kitchen sink in too, because it's wacky and it doesn't have to make sense. The best stand-up does.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2014 5:38:47 pm PST #22088 of 28461
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am halfway through Gone Girl and unnnggghhhh so uncomfortable I don't know where it's going or where I want it to go.
Amy - Feb 26, 2014 5:57:47 pm PST #22089 of 28461
Because books.
Put your seatbelt on, sweetie.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2014 6:17:01 pm PST #22090 of 28461
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Since I listen to it while driving, I'm covered.