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.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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 28635
information libertarian
sumi - Apr 08, 2014 7:01:47 am PDT #22242 of 28635
Art Crawl!!!
Mysteries with Ulysses Grant as the detective.
hippocampus - Apr 08, 2014 10:26:48 am PDT #22243 of 28635
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 28635
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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 28635
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 28635
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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 28635
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 28635
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 28635
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2014 6:28:59 pm PDT #22250 of 28635
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.