Oh, The Snow Child was absolutely lovely.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
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."
Amy - Apr 29, 2015 2:23:14 am PDT #23275 of 28333
Because books.
Strix - Apr 29, 2015 9:30:09 am PDT #23276 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And now I'm reading Elizabeth Wein's new book, Black Dove, White Raven, which is set in Ethiopia on the eve of WWII. But it still involves women pilots.
WHAT! Ok, I know what I'll be reading next week when I have a break from moving and editing and writing.
Amy - Apr 29, 2015 3:04:29 pm PDT #23277 of 28333
Because books.
Is it less intense than Rose Under Fire? That one almost broke me.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2015 6:09:53 pm PDT #23278 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yes, it is less intense than either CNV or RUF. It's also set younger: the leads are two kids, foster-siblings, from about age 10 to 16. They are the children of two women stunt pilots, one white, one black, and through a chain of circumstances they end up in Ethiopia for several years before the Italian invasion.
I'm not finished yet, but I don't think it will involve nearly as much awful heart-wrenching drama as the last two Wein novels. It does have some thematic overlap with her Aksum novels, which I wasn't really into (and I think I never finished any of them although they were highly recommended).
Ginger - Apr 29, 2015 6:39:52 pm PDT #23279 of 28333
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am also reading Black Dove, White Raven, and I'm finding it tediously exposition heavy.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2015 7:07:10 pm PDT #23280 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, there's a lot about the history of Ethiopia, but I don't mind it too much. I do like the flying bits the most.
Kat - Apr 30, 2015 4:43:56 pm PDT #23281 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I loved Snow Child.
This week, Marcus Sedgwick came to my class. He wrote Midwinterblood which was amazing -- 7 interconnected stories across 1000 years with two characters recurring in each story. All about love and sacrifice. It was beyond good.
Burrell - May 01, 2015 6:35:41 am PDT #23282 of 28333
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oo, I want to read that!
sj - May 03, 2015 4:45:10 pm PDT #23283 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a graphic novel for a 13 year old boy?
Kate P. - May 03, 2015 5:11:42 pm PDT #23284 of 28333
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Probably! Any idea what he likes? Is he already into graphic novels, and if so, do you know any that he's already read?