Polgara, that's so very cool
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'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."
hippocampus - Mar 25, 2016 5:07:12 pm PDT #23802 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
Calli - Mar 26, 2016 3:53:27 am PDT #23803 of 28293
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That sounds deeply cool, Polgara. If the exhibition has a website, I hope you'll link us up.
Amy - Mar 27, 2016 11:27:11 am PDT #23804 of 28293
Because books.
Has anyone else read Where'd You Go, Bernadette? I just started it and I love it! Really sharply funny and I think about to be sort of heartbreaking, too.
meara - Mar 27, 2016 11:50:25 am PDT #23805 of 28293
Yes--I have it on my list to re-read soon, because I don't remember it very well. But I do remember how funny and Seattle-y it was
Amy - Mar 27, 2016 12:20:55 pm PDT #23806 of 28293
Because books.
Yes to both! I have so much stuff to do this afternoon, and I resent all of it because I just want to read this book.
lisah - Mar 27, 2016 5:50:01 pm PDT #23807 of 28293
Punishingly Intricate
Has anyone else read Where'd You Go, Bernadette? I just started it and I love it! Really sharply funny and I think about to be sort of heartbreaking, too.
Ooh! We're reading it for bookclub this year.
Kat - Mar 27, 2016 6:09:09 pm PDT #23808 of 28293
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Has anyone else read Where'd You Go, Bernadette? I just started it and I love it! Really sharply funny and I think about to be sort of heartbreaking, too.
I read it last year and really thought it was great even if a bit random.
Calli - Mar 28, 2016 1:36:36 am PDT #23809 of 28293
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I read it with my book group a year or so ago. I had trouble getting the main character, which I think interfered with my enjoyment of the book. But my group had a great conversation about it.
meara - Mar 29, 2016 7:47:59 pm PDT #23810 of 28293
A few of the things that are extra-funny are the very Seattle things. For instance, weather scientist Cliff Mass. Who is a real guy who really does have a blog that many of us follow (and used to be on the radio). I just re-read it and enjoyed many parts all over again, even if some of the main plot was not my favorite
Amy - Apr 01, 2016 5:19:03 pm PDT #23811 of 28293
Because books.
I read it last year and really thought it was great even if a bit random.
Yeah, I'm not sure Where'd You Go, Bernadette has an overall thesis statement (and it seems like it should?), but I really enjoyed the writing. Her cultural observations are amazingly precise.
I think a lot of the book wound up being about how easy it can be to get lost -- in the world, in the narrative you create for yourself, in anger or passion or love. But I also think there's a thread in there about the things we worship, and the ways we worship them -- lifestyles, people, religious icons -- that was unexpected and really fascinating.
I'm definitely going to look up her other book.