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.
I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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."
Calli - Oct 24, 2014 4:07:08 pm PDT #22768 of 28344
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Typo Boy - Oct 25, 2014 10:15:07 pm PDT #22769 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.
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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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 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.
Sounds like I will have to put it on my list.
Gris - Oct 26, 2014 12:31:18 pm PDT #22774 of 28344
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.
Amy - Oct 26, 2014 12:38:31 pm PDT #22775 of 28344
Because books.
What Gris said. And I loved it.
Tom Scola - Oct 26, 2014 3:03:22 pm PDT #22776 of 28344
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I’m watching George R. R. Martin (who is not home writing), live on Tumblr right now.
DebetEsse - Oct 26, 2014 3:10:13 pm PDT #22777 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Let us know if he says anything interesting.