Oh man a LeGuin re-read or Jonathan Strange would be amazing. Ditto the Cherryh. Say something and aim it at tor.com? or post on one of the open threads?
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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."
hippocampus - Aug 30, 2014 4:07:09 pm PDT #22626 of 28343
not your mom's socks.
EpicTangent - Sep 03, 2014 11:12:56 am PDT #22627 of 28343
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Description in the Bookbub email for today:
The Mine
By John A. Heldt
Joel Smith is transported nearly 60 years into the past to 1941. The country is approaching war, and Joel finds himself living a new life. But when he must choose between love and his former self, what will he do? “Refreshing and thought-provoking” (USA Today) with over 150 five-star Amazon reviews.
Just me, or does somebody owe Diana Gabaldon money?
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2014 5:13:47 pm PDT #22628 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy goddamn fucking shit, Code Name Verity is doing some amazing shit with the unreliable narrator. I was WONDERING what the shit the main character's name was (I had just been calling her Verity) and was intrigued that she seemed to be telling Maddie's story, that she was hardly in it, and then here's a new character called Queenie so now they're three friends and then WHAT THE GODDAMN SHIT SHE'S QUEENIE. This fucking book.
Consuela - Sep 03, 2014 7:44:03 pm PDT #22629 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Heh. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2014 8:23:07 pm PDT #22630 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's a lot of book left and I'm scared and clearly I need to pay more attention all the time.
sumi - Sep 04, 2014 4:56:02 am PDT #22631 of 28343
Art Crawl!!!
From way upthread: I feel much cooler to have in some way contributed to Ms. Hillenbrand seeing the Faulkner Derby story.
Unconnected: I like the animals in Harry Dresden's life and I knew what Mouse was (i.e., what breed of dog) almost as soon as he was introduced. . . although I find it hard to believe that even at a very young age that sort of dog is that small, you know?
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2014 5:40:20 am PDT #22632 of 28343
brillig
I adored Mouse and everyone's reactions to him. "Wait--you have a *real* temple dog? The Powers that Be *let* you keep him?"
I figured Mouse would be whatever size he needed to be.
DebetEsse - Sep 04, 2014 10:56:17 pm PDT #22633 of 28343
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I have read 230 pages of Verity in the last 12 hours, and there was a dress rehearsal in there.
Yes, close reading for salient details (I will say that I am proud of myself for immediately grasping two things. Unless I'm wrong about those things. Of course, I'm sure I missed several more.)
I will also say this for YA, I am much more likely to be up all night reading it than I am with Srs ltrture.
lisah - Sep 05, 2014 10:41:23 am PDT #22634 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
I don't understand why Code Name Verity would have been categorized as a YA book at all.
Polter-Cow - Sep 05, 2014 10:51:39 am PDT #22635 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The main character's age seems to be the determinant factor, but this feels like The Book Thief, where it could could have gone either way, marketing-wise.