Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.

Willow ,'Him'


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 - 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.


Consuela - Dec 13, 2014 3:24:34 pm PST #22882 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Edward Eager! All the Edward Eager.


Jessica - Dec 13, 2014 3:52:03 pm PST #22883 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The Magic Tree House series is good for that age if he's into fantasy. And there are a BILLION of them.


askye - Dec 13, 2014 4:40:49 pm PST #22884 of 28343
Thrive to spite them

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look those up.


Ginger - Dec 13, 2014 4:48:05 pm PST #22885 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Is he old enough for The Borrowers?


Calli - Dec 13, 2014 4:59:47 pm PST #22886 of 28343
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Have you checked out the Dragonbreath searies? [link] These are maybe more for 3rd graders, but I guess kids can vary. And if nothing else it's a thought for two years from now.


sj - Dec 13, 2014 5:05:45 pm PST #22887 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

There are several superhero books in the Step Into Reading series with different reading levels. For example link.