Great! Thank you, Anne!
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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."
Strix - Aug 13, 2014 10:30:07 am PDT #22552 of 28461
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2014 8:58:55 pm PDT #22553 of 28461
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love that series, Strix.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 14, 2014 7:11:11 am PDT #22554 of 28461
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I grabbed my copy of Preston & Child's The Relic Tuesday to read while waiting at the auto shop. Apparently, it's been long enough since I last opened it that it's effectively like reading a new book - my only recollections are a few snippets from the film version.
Strix - Aug 14, 2014 7:34:27 am PDT #22555 of 28461
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I raced through Old Man's War. And prompt bought the 2nd book in the series! I quote enjoyed it, and I'm going to buy a copy for my dad. I think it's right up his alley. My dad is the one that turned me on to old school Heinlein, after all.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2014 8:14:38 am PDT #22556 of 28461
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yessssss I love Ghost Brigades so much.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2014 12:55:42 pm PDT #22557 of 28461
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just heard today that SyFy is going to be making an Old Man's War series (which will be called Ghost Brigades). Since I'm in the middle of a BSG rewatch, I am cautiously optimistic!
Mogget - Aug 17, 2014 6:14:06 pm PDT #22558 of 28461
I read the Melendy books to my daughter a couple of years ago when she was in second grade and she enjoyed them very much, as did I; I was too busy reading about ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt when I was her age.
meara - Aug 17, 2014 7:34:26 pm PDT #22559 of 28461
I remember liking the Melendy books, but I haven't re-read them in ages, and at the time I found the whole setting to be just as bizarre and fantastic as Narnia or A Wrinkle in Time. Not sure why it seemed so much more remote to me than like, Little House on the Prairie or something. Ooh, the other series I have never re-read is the Betsy-Tacy books.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2014 7:36:30 pm PDT #22560 of 28461
brillig
I'm enjoying them quite a bit, they're holding my attention as much as kids' books with no one trying to kill anyone (ie, Harry Potter) will hold my attention.
Gris - Aug 18, 2014 4:07:51 am PDT #22561 of 28461
Hey. New board.
Apparently one of my old friends growing up, Catherine Lacey, wrote a book that the New York Times and Joss Whedon liked a lot. The last time I discussed literature with her we fought hard due to her having some very literature-snob Harry Potter opinions (having not read them of course) but apparently her literary proclivities have paid off so, wow.
[link] looks sad. I will read it soon.
I am reading Kate P's copy of The Interestings right now and enjoying it thoroughly.