I just realized today that John Green is not the same person as John Scalzi
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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."
Sophia Brooks - Jun 03, 2014 11:42:10 am PDT #22424 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2014 11:44:30 am PDT #22425 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am so tired of him and The Fault in Our Stars right now. The movie PR is bad enough
I haven't read the book, but I understand from people whose opinion/taste I respect that it's very good. That said, I have ZERO desire to see the Teen Cancer Movie Where At Least One Character is Obviously Going To Die. NOPE.
(Seriously, no one needs to try to change my Philistine mind. I get to decide what kind of emotional beatdown my fiction gives me, and I choose not to see the teen cancer movie.)
Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2014 11:48:15 am PDT #22426 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just realized today that John Green is not the same person as John Scalzi
HA!! No, they are very different people. John Scalzi, for instance, is incredibly conscious of his privilege and does everything he can to redirect conversations when people hold him up as Popular Science Fiction Author (who just happens to be a straight white male, hm, why are we talking about him all the time).
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2014 11:49:32 am PDT #22427 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am amused that the same actor plays Shailene Woodley's less-than-endearing brother in Divergent and cancer boyfriend in The Fault in Our Stars. That's got to be weird.
Dana - Jun 03, 2014 11:52:28 am PDT #22428 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That said, I have ZERO desire to see the Teen Cancer Movie Where At Least One Character is Obviously Going To Die. NOPE.
Yup! Character death is on my list of things I don't have to watch in movies if I don't want to, because I am an adult. Also includes wars (especially WWII), Nazis, former Nazis, dying parents, parents with dementia, and bleak stories of drug addiction.
Jesse - Jun 03, 2014 12:33:56 pm PDT #22429 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, no thank you!
Kat - Jun 03, 2014 12:51:03 pm PDT #22430 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm actually pretty excited to see the movie. And I certainly love his books. But I also love Rainbow Rowell's books and she has a new one in July. So.
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 2:15:46 pm PDT #22431 of 28344
Because books.
I actually love The Fault in Our Stars so well I'm not sure I want to see the movie. My memory of the book is so perfect, you know? But I'm sure I'll see it eventually.
In more depressing literary news: [link]
Anne W. - Jun 03, 2014 2:30:07 pm PDT #22432 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I found out the other day that the trainer I work with also works with Laurell K. Hamilton. Oh, the poker face I had to put on when he asked if I knew about/liked her books...
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 2:32:37 pm PDT #22433 of 28344
Because books.
Ooh, she's a wacky one, too! I've heard very colorful stories.