I don't know if we have any other A Song of Ice and Fire readers around, but I just started a re-read group on FB (I'm 76 pages in, and am about to take a break and read Dunk & Egg so Sean and Hil can catch up). If you're interested in playing (or just watching), let me know, or ask to be added to "Foreshadowing, Ho! (A Song of Ice and Fire re-read)"
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
DebetEsse - Dec 02, 2014 5:42:32 am PST #22872 of 28343
Woe to the fucking wicked.
lisah - Dec 02, 2014 12:23:08 pm PST #22873 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
Hey! Can I get book recs for someone (me!) who loved Wolf Hall, and its sequel, and really wishes the 3rd book was out so I could read it this weekend?
Consuela - Dec 02, 2014 2:15:45 pm PST #22874 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dorothy Dunnett? Just as dense, and well characterized, but the prose style is very different.
lisah - Dec 02, 2014 3:08:55 pm PST #22875 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
I will check her out!
sj - Dec 02, 2014 3:16:18 pm PST #22876 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I haven't read any Hillary Mantel, but she does have a new book of short stories out.
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2014 9:32:07 am PST #22877 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Book Smugglers invited to join Smugglivus this year, so behold, my Best Reads of 2014.
If I had finished The Martian in time, it would be on that list because holy shit.
Strix - Dec 11, 2014 4:30:14 pm PST #22878 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What is Smugglivus?
Consuela - Dec 11, 2014 5:49:28 pm PST #22879 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really enjoyed The Martian. It reminded me of Apollo 13, and also Jurassic Park, because it was so obviously meant to be a movie. I bought a copy for my brother, and will get another for my Dad.
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2014 6:38:11 pm PST #22880 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What is Smugglivus?
Why, I'm glad you asked!
I really enjoyed The Martian. It reminded me of Apollo 13
Yep! That's the same vibe I get as well. I think he even references it.
it was so obviously meant to be a movie.
It's going to make a hell of a movie.
askye - Dec 13, 2014 1:38:41 pm PST #22881 of 28343
Thrive to spite them
Any recommendations for fantasy book for a 1st grader. These would be something he could read by himself. It's for my nephew and right now his dad is reading him Harry Potter which he loves. But I'm looking for something he could read on his own.