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'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."

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aurelia - Oct 11, 2014 8:39:27 pm PDT #22765 of 28343

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I don't doubt that she's lovely. Actually... if my dark humor ever gives my parents pause, now I can just say, "not as dark as Gone Girl".

And now that I've just seen the movie I absolutely agree that Carrie Coon was wonderful as Go, as was the movie as a whole. I had forgotten that it was directed by David Fincher. He certainly never makes anything less viceral.

Rayne - Oct 12, 2014 1:03:29 am PDT #22766 of 28343

"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

Carrie Coon is amazing in The Leftovers! I was excited when I heard she was in Gone Girl (which I still haven't seen!)

I really look forward to seeing more of her work!

tommyrot - Oct 15, 2014 11:10:30 am PDT #22767 of 28343

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I just started reading The Doubt Factory, by Paolo Bacigalupi and I'm loving it so far. (It was released yesterday.) I loved The Windup Girl-- I'm gonna have to reread that soon.

ETA: excellent Boing Boing review: [link]

Calli - Oct 24, 2014 4:07:08 pm PDT #22768 of 28343

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I've reached the section of Mount Toberead containing The Hunger Games and read the first book. It was really compelling! I can see why the series took off.

Typo Boy - Oct 25, 2014 10:15:07 pm PDT #22769 of 28343

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.

My 92 year old Mom has been reading Gone Girl. She has been laughing a lot and seems to consider it dark comedy. Thoughts?

aurelia - Oct 26, 2014 6:28:49 am PDT #22770 of 28343

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

A lot of it is kind of funny. Until it's not.

Strix - Oct 26, 2014 7:23:15 am PDT #22771 of 28343

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Lots of it IS very darkly funny.

Jesse - Oct 26, 2014 8:37:40 am PDT #22772 of 28343

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The movie was also pretty funny.

Typo Boy - Oct 26, 2014 8:43:14 am PDT #22773 of 28343

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.

Sounds like I will have to put it on my list.

Gris - Oct 26, 2014 12:31:18 pm PDT #22774 of 28343

Hey. New board.

It's the kind of dark comedy that you're not 100% sure it's okay to be ruefully chuckling at but you do it anyway. I'd definitely put it in that category, heavy on the dark.

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