Have any of you read anythign by Marcus Selfridge? He's coming to speak to my class in two weeks and I haven't read anything by him yet.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
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."
Kat - Apr 09, 2015 3:09:55 pm PDT #23171 of 28342
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Anne W. - Apr 09, 2015 4:08:49 pm PDT #23172 of 28342
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Has anyone else here read Station Eleven? It's one of the more unusual (and easily one of the best) post-apocalyptic stories out there. It's surprisingly hopeful and cozy, and I love the conceit of a traveling symphony/theater troupe going from outpost to outpost to put on concerts and perform Shakespeare.
sj - Apr 09, 2015 4:13:14 pm PDT #23173 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Have any of you read anythign by Marcus Selfridge? He's coming to speak to my class in two weeks and I haven't read anything by him yet.
Never heard of him. What does he write? I can't find any listing for that name on amazon.
Consuela - Apr 09, 2015 8:37:57 pm PDT #23174 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Anne, I downloaded the sample chapter of Station Eleven and liked what I read, but I've got a backlog of reading to do, so I haven't picked it up yet. Maybe for my plane ride in a couple of weeks...
Juliebird - Apr 09, 2015 9:50:35 pm PDT #23175 of 28342
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm reading Child 44 and I now have so much whiplash from the POV changing from paragraph to paragraph.
Kat - Apr 10, 2015 3:30:31 am PDT #23176 of 28342
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
HA! I got the name wrong. This is what happens when I don't pay enough attention and I'm catching up on TV at the same time as posting (I was watching Jeremy Piven).
Marcus Sedgwick! He wrote Revolver and Midwinterblood.
sj - Apr 10, 2015 3:38:13 am PDT #23177 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
That was the name that amazon suggested I may be looking for. I've heard of him but never read him.
Sue - Apr 10, 2015 4:09:06 am PDT #23178 of 28342
hip deep in pie
I read Station Eleven and thought it was really well done. I don't normally like when stories get tied neatly in a bow, but this was so well done, I didn't mind at all.
Ginger - Apr 10, 2015 8:09:51 am PDT #23179 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Station Eleven is waiting for me at the library after months on hold.
megan walker - Apr 10, 2015 8:22:51 am PDT #23180 of 28342
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm reading Child 44 and I now have so much whiplash from the POV changing from paragraph to paragraph.
Huh. I don't remember that at all. But it might be because I get really tired of crime books that use POV simply as a means to hide things from the reader.