I didn't actually love the Veronica Mars book. It felt a little too...noir. But not in a "OMG, VM is not noir" way, but in a "this is so very thematic that I feel like someone wrote it and then threw in VM and a few quips" way. Which is silly because of who wrote it, but....meh. And it's not as though that'll stop me from reading more of them when they come out.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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."
meara - May 02, 2014 8:24:56 am PDT #22330 of 28344
hippocampus - May 02, 2014 9:21:26 am PDT #22331 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Meara & Consuela - Yes I fell in love with the future empress and Maia's half-sister a LOT. I want books about them too
Julianna, I had a very similar reaction. Love that circus.
Amy - May 02, 2014 9:24:01 am PDT #22332 of 28344
Because books.
Crap, I still need to get the Veronica Mars book.
I just started Doctor Sleep (the sequel/companion to The Shining) and it's really good. After that I'll give Night Circus another try, though.
meara - May 02, 2014 10:07:38 am PDT #22333 of 28344
Totally agreed, Sox! So many possibilities!
Calli - May 02, 2014 11:09:09 am PDT #22334 of 28344
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I bought Valour and Vanity, and then I realized I hadn't gotten book three yet. So now I have two of them to read. This is the exact opposite of a problem.
Similarly, I'm about 100 pages from the end of The Golem and the Jinni and everything is going haywire but I do understaaaaaaaaand.
I've seen that in the bookstore and it looked interesting.
Polter-Cow - May 02, 2014 11:21:11 am PDT #22335 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's so good! It's not what I expected. It's a fascinating portrayal of both main characters, but it's also got a host of supporting characters whose lives intersect, which I love.
Gris - May 02, 2014 12:05:11 pm PDT #22336 of 28344
Hey. New board.
My wife is teaching an honors sophomore - level world lit course next year. The course is heavy on existentialism - Kafka, Sartre, waiting for Godot, other darkish things. She is trying to find a book to pair with Einstein's Dreams (technically a US writer but set in a foreign country) for summer reading; something not - too - long and not too depressing (just out of kindness) but with some nature-of-god-time-.and - the - universe kind of themes. Ideally a foreign author but a foreign setting or fish out of water themes might make it qualify. Problems: no or extremely minimal undescribed sex and little to no cursing because we are in a private school inTN and it sucks sometimes. So all Marquez is out. Sadly. Also junot diaz. Ideas?
Kat - May 02, 2014 12:23:03 pm PDT #22337 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Gris, maybe The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal. It's a series of essays about forgiveness by Wiesenthal, as well as Dalai Lama etc. It is episodic in the same way the Einstein's Dreams is because it's essays, but it's very accessible, which is perfect for summer reading where there is no teacher to teach it. Sort of "heavy" writing but very thought-provoking.
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2014 3:12:57 pm PDT #22338 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I highly, highly recommend The Golem and the Jinni.
WindSparrow - May 03, 2014 3:27:52 pm PDT #22339 of 28344
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm reading it right now, Sunil. Just getting started.