My blog is practically one extended chronicle of my attempts to read War and Peace.
juliana, which translation are you reading?
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
megan walker - Mar 01, 2015 1:15:27 pm PST #23040 of 28342
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
megan walker - Mar 01, 2015 1:20:52 pm PST #23041 of 28342
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'd be happy to try taking War and Peace on again if people are interested in forming some sort of support group for it.
Also, there is discussion and examples of the various translations in the posts and comments here and here.
Consuela - Mar 01, 2015 2:33:06 pm PST #23042 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Scott Westerfeld's new novel is pretty cool so far. It's two separate storylines: (a) the story of a YA novelist who sells a paranormal romance at 18 and instead of going to college, goes to NYC for a year to write the sequel; and (b) the story that makes up the novel she sold.
It's told in alternating chapters and while I'm not that into paranormal romance, it is Scott Westerfeld so I'm pretty sure it's going to get weird and complicated at some point.
(And yay for the library ebook lending program!)
Did anyone else hear the interview with Kazuo Ishigiro yesterday? The Chronicle had a review of his new novel, which looks like a straight-up fantasy from the description (although the reviewer uses the T-word and says it transcends the genre).
Polter-Cow - Mar 01, 2015 4:13:04 pm PST #23043 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What to dive into next?
May I suggest Karen Memory? (Which reminds me, juliana, I need to give you the ARC! Tor sent me a copy, so you can just have the ARC to read and treasure.)
erikaj - Mar 01, 2015 4:29:17 pm PST #23044 of 28342
Always Anti-fascist!
I loved Nick Hornby's latest, Funny Girl.It's like if his other novels had a love child with "Mad Men" and the "Dick Van Dyke Show"
hippocampus - Mar 02, 2015 2:23:22 am PST #23045 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
Seconding PCs Karen Memory rec. love this book. There's no (6ft tall master spy) reason for me to be biased. Nope.
meara - Mar 02, 2015 6:37:41 am PST #23046 of 28342
Biased indeed--I've met you! I know you're a six foot tall master spy!!
juliana - Mar 02, 2015 4:01:26 pm PST #23047 of 28342
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I'd be happy to try taking War and Peace on again if people are interested in forming some sort of support group for it.
I'm reading the Louise & Alymer Maude translation [link] - free for Amazon Kindle, so the price was right. The links to the French translations don't work in my version, but my French is enough to understand what's being said. More or less.
(Which reminds me, juliana, I need to give you the ARC! Tor sent me a copy, so you can just have the ARC to read and treasure.)
Sweet!
My mother gave me The Story of Edward Sawtelle, which I should read, but I'm not really in the mood for Hamlet retold. Richard III retold, sure.
amych - Mar 12, 2015 6:14:57 am PDT #23048 of 28342
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Just saw on his official FB page that Terry Pratchett has died. I feel like this day calls for a long wallow in a big pile of Discworld rather than, say, any kind of useful work.
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2015 6:18:22 am PDT #23049 of 28342
brillig
Did he take his own way out, or was it something else?
Vale, Sir Terry.