Just finished reading White Teeth, only 15 years after it came out!
That was fun. Could have been tighter, but I got a kick out of the way it all came together at the end. Sort of like a far less bloody-minded Martin McDonough.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Consuela - Apr 20, 2015 8:22:17 pm PDT #23254 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
erikaj - Apr 21, 2015 5:39:13 pm PDT #23255 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
That was funny! Especially the Muslim group named KEVIN("We have an acronym problem.")
Consuela - Apr 22, 2015 4:46:52 am PDT #23256 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Loved the acronym problem, and how it became a running joke.
And the mouse escaped! Go mouse!
I could read more of Zadie Smith, but now I'm going to read a werewolf Marine romance by a friend of mine. And then maybe Kalpa Imperial, which I have heard good things of.
Toddson - Apr 28, 2015 10:11:44 am PDT #23257 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
OK, I just had to vent a little. Co-worker - young man, loves SFF - and it turns out he's never even HEARD of "Dune" ...
Ginger - Apr 28, 2015 10:43:57 am PDT #23258 of 28333
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Did you whack him with your cane?
Toddson - Apr 28, 2015 10:50:10 am PDT #23259 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Mostly I just gaped and babbled ... told him, "may your crysknife chip and shatter" and sent him a wikipedia link.
-t - Apr 28, 2015 11:08:13 am PDT #23260 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
At least he hasn't read the recent sequels or prequels or whatever they were. How terrible to only know those - it's just occurred to me that that is possible.
Typo Boy - Apr 28, 2015 11:13:47 am PDT #23261 of 28333
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.
You mean you did not love "Red Princess of Dune"?
-t - Apr 28, 2015 11:27:37 am PDT #23262 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read a few pages of one, something about a Harkonnen in the title, and that was painful enough. I have actively avoided any further exposure.
Toddson - Apr 28, 2015 11:44:15 am PDT #23263 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
yeah, I saw the plethora of "sequels" and, well, just couldn't face all those additions ... plus, I figured they wouldn't stand up to the original.
Figured he wouldn't even get THIS.