I wouldn't pay for the Divergent series, it's not something I have any desire to re-read. First book was pretty good. Second, meh. Third total waste of reading time.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
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."
erin_obscure - Jun 07, 2014 12:10:27 pm PDT #22454 of 28344
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Rayne - Jun 07, 2014 1:01:31 pm PDT #22455 of 28344
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I feel the same way as erin I really enjoyed the first book (until the whole love story kicked in, then ugh.)
Typo Boy - Jun 07, 2014 1:37:04 pm PDT #22456 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I was told by a Professor in college that he knew the man who edited "Brave New World". He claims that he was told that it was tightly written that it could not be edited, that for the most part that changing a word would ruin a transition or some other part of the flow. The only editing that was done in the end was proofreading for typos and misspellings of which there were almost none. I don't know whether this was myth or truth, and it has been so long since I read "Brave New World" that I can't judge based on internal evidence of the work either.
I will note that I have never heard this even about many writers that are acknowledged greats. Also the one other writer I heard it about was an LA Times columnist I found boring - Jack Smith. (I doubt Jack Smith is still alive; he wrote column that basically just narrated his life as it happened, along with not very profound musings. )
Toddson - Jun 10, 2014 9:14:18 am PDT #22457 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I remember years ago reading a biography of Lucius Beebe who wrote for ... Gourmet, I believe, among other publications. One comment that stuck in my mind was that he wrote "prose so rococco you could carve grottos out of it." There was also an instance when he turned in a column that was one long sentence; when his editor told him he had to break it up, Beebe told him to do it ... and the editor couldn't find anyplace to break it.
Ginger - Jun 12, 2014 5:29:46 pm PDT #22458 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Free audiobook of Code Name Verity: [link]
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2014 5:39:58 pm PDT #22459 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Whoa, nice, thanks!! Guess I know what I'm listening to after Every Day. Though there's a sequel out, too. Is it a trilogy/series or are there only two books?
Amy - Jun 12, 2014 5:48:42 pm PDT #22460 of 28344
Because books.
It's more like a companion book, P-C. And there's only one, Rose Under Fire.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2014 5:54:18 pm PDT #22461 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cool, thanks!
hippocampus - Jun 13, 2014 1:37:49 am PDT #22462 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Has anyone read CNV and also listened to it? I'm seeing a variance wrt books I rec, especially when they're listening to a the audio. Some books work just fine, or better. Curious about other people's experience.
-t - Jun 18, 2014 11:18:17 am PDT #22463 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In case anyone else is wondering - the GRRM story in Rogues is not a Dunk & Egg. I was hoping it would be.