Literary buffistas, especially YA readers, may I recommend The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer ( [link] )? Okay, I haven't read it yet, but the author is the oldest of 8 children, the youngest of whom is a classmate of Casper, and their dad is her soccer coach. Kate's website is adorable ( [link] - she posts about punctuation ) and she gave a reading at the kids' school last fall and Casper loved it, and there's a hamster named Baconnaise in the book, and it's gotten really strong reviews for a first novel, and we're going to the launch party tonight, and you should check it out because I suspect it is very good. The end.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
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."
flea - Apr 08, 2014 4:48:04 am PDT #22241 of 28344
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sumi - Apr 08, 2014 7:01:47 am PDT #22242 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Mysteries with Ulysses Grant as the detective.
hippocampus - Apr 08, 2014 10:26:48 am PDT #22243 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
A storytelling game kickstarter: [link] with some familiar names already and more to come.
flea - Apr 08, 2014 3:39:43 pm PDT #22244 of 28344
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Correction: the rodent named Baconnaise is a gerbil, not a hamster. I have read the first 15 pages of the Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy and it is very witty and funny, and I didn't even get bothered at all that it's first-person narrator, which normally I hate.
Steph L. - Apr 08, 2014 4:21:59 pm PDT #22245 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I put it on hold at the library based solely on your recommendation.
And, okay, a rodent named Baconnaise.
flea - Apr 09, 2014 4:57:02 am PDT #22246 of 28344
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The family adopted a dog pre-named Pickles 20 years ago, and decided to name all their pets after condiments from that point forward. Their golden retriever is named Honey Mustard.
Polter-Cow - Apr 09, 2014 6:25:04 pm PDT #22247 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I finished The Giver ! It was...okay.
sumi - Apr 10, 2014 6:16:47 am PDT #22248 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Inn at the Crossroads recipe for Lord Manderly's pie.
Come to think of it: do the Inn at the Cross Roads recipes count as fan fiction?
Sheryl - Apr 10, 2014 12:09:22 pm PDT #22249 of 28344
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2014 6:28:59 pm PDT #22250 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am all caught up on The Dresden Files and Jesus fuck that series is amazing.