The ebook of my favorite Bujold of all time, Curse of Chalion, is on sale at Amazon for $1.99.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'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."
bennett - Jul 26, 2016 7:30:14 am PDT #24101 of 28333
Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2016 9:04:24 am PDT #24102 of 28333
brillig
And I bought those Sayers the last time they were on sale.
hippocampus - Aug 02, 2016 4:49:57 pm PDT #24103 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
oh Jonathan Franzen.
that's all I came in here to say. I miss you guys.
lisah - Aug 02, 2016 5:30:50 pm PDT #24104 of 28333
Punishingly Intricate
Thank you, Sox! I missed that story when I was on vacation last week and a friend posted about it just using his initials and I couldn't figure out who "JF" was.
sj - Aug 09, 2016 7:56:31 am PDT #24105 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does anyone have any book suggestions for an 8 year old boy entering the 3rd grade? Preferably something slightly less well known that he may not have found on his own?
Polter-Cow - Aug 09, 2016 9:46:21 am PDT #24106 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Boy at the End of the World is fun!
Hil R. - Aug 09, 2016 9:55:34 am PDT #24107 of 28333
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anyone else read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? I'm underwhelmed.
dcp - Aug 09, 2016 1:56:50 pm PDT #24108 of 28333
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
book suggestions for an 8 year old boy entering the 3rd grade?
I remember these from when I was about that old:
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Burrell - Aug 09, 2016 2:13:15 pm PDT #24109 of 28333
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Reading it now, Hillary.
At 8, Isaac preferred non-fiction to fiction in most of his books, sj, so we amassed a big collection of books on dinosaurs, outer space, the ocean, entymology, the rainforest, you name it. Those first three topics especially. As for picture books, there is one called If I Built A Car that he liked a lot.
For chapter books, we were reading Harry Potter together as a family at that age -- much beloved. And there's a book series called The Menagerie that I think would work for an 8 year old too. There's the classic Captain Underpants series as well, but usually there's no reason for an adult to introduce kids, their friends will take care of it.
Gudanov - Aug 09, 2016 4:58:26 pm PDT #24110 of 28333
Coding and Sleeping
I can mail you a free copy of Cog if you want. It has a female protagonist though and may be a little advanced.
I have no interest in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I just feel like it's done and I don't want anymore.