I saw a tweet comparing Uprooted to early McKinley, which I agree with, but it's more dense and complex than something like Beauty.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
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."
Dana - May 20, 2015 1:00:41 pm PDT #23333 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
tommyrot - May 20, 2015 1:37:41 pm PDT #23334 of 28370
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I started the first Temeraire book and was dreading the tales of an oppressed species, but very quickly
In the second book they go to China, where they discover that dragons in China are treated much better than in the UK and Europe. Dragons can go wherever they please and can work for money and own property. This has major repercussions over the rest of the series.
DavidS - May 20, 2015 4:19:51 pm PDT #23335 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Vonnie, grab some Terry Pratchett as read by Stephen Briggs.
I can vouch for that. The Wee Free Men as read by Briggs was one of Emmett's all time favorites and we laughed a lot.
"Crivens!"
meara - May 20, 2015 5:54:11 pm PDT #23336 of 28370
Just spent $10 on a kindle book because I'm getting on a plane and am worried I'll run out of books. Not that there aren't about 100 books on the kindle but I want NEW ones! So wrong.
Susan W. - May 20, 2015 7:24:33 pm PDT #23337 of 28370
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm already stockpiling more books for the Europe trip next month. Because it's not like I don't have close to 100 UNREAD books on my Kindle, or that I'll have anything to do in England, Belgium, France, and Spain other than read...
Calli - May 21, 2015 1:49:31 am PDT #23338 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Well, it's a long plane ride, Susan. And you never know what you'll want to read at the time.
tommyrot - May 21, 2015 8:34:40 am PDT #23339 of 28370
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I am 20% into Uprooted and am loving it like crazy.
Consuela - May 21, 2015 10:56:04 am PDT #23340 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Me too, it's very good.
And I love that I told my library to get it on Tuesday, and by Thursday morning it was on my kindle. Awesome!
Tom Scola - May 22, 2015 5:09:19 am PDT #23341 of 28370
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sophia Brooks - May 22, 2015 6:33:40 am PDT #23342 of 28370
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Cumin really tickles my funny bone. As it were.
If anyone else is wondering how to add their Goodreads books to the reading challenge with the iphone app-- which I asked a while ago-- I figured out that you have to add the book to "Currently Reading", and then update your progress to "finished". That adds it to the challenge when adding it to the "Read" list directly does not.
I am also wondering why I thought challenging myself to 150 books was a good idea. I have read 19 1/2.