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.
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Toddson - Jun 10, 2014 9:14:18 am PDT #22457 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2014 6:02:34 am PDT #22464 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not so much "literary," but I just read the last Sookie Stackhouse book (the real last novel, not the "coda"), and the terrible reviews on Amazon are HILARIOUS.
Polter-Cow - Jun 20, 2014 6:18:49 am PDT #22465 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Tep, not sure if you missed it, but can you e-mail me your address so I can send you your signed copy of Shades ? If I can find packing materials. Sorry it's taken so long!
Steph L. - Jun 20, 2014 6:34:33 am PDT #22466 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, thanks for reminding me! I saw your email (without opening it) when I was getting ready to go out the door or something, and then my brain fell out.
Will do presently.