Rilla was just the book on Billfold today (they do a series on books and money) and they mentioned that toast article! I don't think I've re-read it since I was in high school though. The one their series made me want to re-read was the Betsy-Tacy books
Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
meara - Nov 16, 2016 4:44:11 pm PST #24170 of 28266
Consuela - Nov 16, 2016 7:32:40 pm PST #24171 of 28266
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana, in the comments to that post someone notes that it's not one chunk of text, but bits of it scattered throughout.
Dana - Nov 17, 2016 4:48:36 am PST #24172 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm going to have to get my hands on it. It's definitely a book I've come to enjoy more as I've aged. I kind of resented not having more stories about Anne when I was younger.
Dana - Nov 17, 2016 6:55:47 am PST #24173 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And after much poking around, I've discovered that my ebook is the unabridged version. It's available at Project Gutenberg.
sj - Nov 22, 2016 8:14:31 am PST #24174 of 28266
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was just searching this thread to see what other people had to say about The Girl on the Train, and apparently the reason Mom couldn't find her copy when I asked for it is because she gave it to me when I was 5 months pregnant. I know this only because I posted about it here. I have no memory of this or any idea what pile that copy may be in. Anyway, I main lined the last two hundred pages of it yesterday while ltc took an extra long nap and after she went to sleep for the night because I had to know how it ended. I found it a much faster read than Gone Girl, but unlike GG, TGotT never made me gasp out loud. I was expecting the twist to be more twisted.
Laura - Nov 22, 2016 9:40:58 am PST #24175 of 28266
Our wings are not tired.
So my reader son asked me what I was reading over the weekend and I told him about Cloudbound. Not surprisingly he expressed interest and when he went with me to my dentist appointment yesterday he snagged my Nook while I was in the chair and got to page 66 of Updraft before the battery died. New fan!
He's a great one to buy real books for too because he rereads often. Yay!
hippocampus - Nov 22, 2016 11:01:35 am PST #24176 of 28266
not your mom's socks.
New fan!
LOVE. Thank you. (can I do that here?)
There's a really intense twitter thread from last night about monsters and metaphor in Updraft that got rolling while I was trying to proofread Horizon / simultaneously falling asleep. It was amazing to read and I'm so heartened by it. (link is here: [link]
Laura - Nov 22, 2016 12:39:48 pm PST #24177 of 28266
Our wings are not tired.
Cool. I shall direct him to that link too. Also, he is articulate and stuff and does good review!
Volans - Nov 22, 2016 12:50:25 pm PST #24178 of 28266
move out and draw fire
That is an excellent thread.
megan walker - Nov 24, 2016 8:28:49 am PST #24179 of 28266
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If anyone is interested, I've posted my annual book challenge. See if you can guess any of the books and/or authors based on the first line(s): [link]