"The centrepiece is a boat ride which, loosely speaking, is Great Expectations presented as a log flume."
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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."
Ginger - Apr 19, 2007 5:14:37 am PDT #2592 of 28338
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2007 5:52:30 am PDT #2593 of 28338
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2007 5:53:38 am PDT #2594 of 28338
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh, and my favorite bit?
The little ones can play in Fagin's Den, an area for preschoolers named after the gangmaster of the band of thieves in "Oliver Twist."
...where they learn to pick pockets?
Aims - Apr 19, 2007 7:15:10 am PDT #2595 of 28338
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I personally like the part where they take your pre-adolescent son and sell him in the streets.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2007 7:18:31 am PDT #2596 of 28338
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Dear People Who Pimped Bellwether To Me:
I started it last night, and I'm really enjoying it! Though I want to kill Flip.
flea - Apr 19, 2007 7:25:58 am PDT #2597 of 28338
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Imagine me reading Flip out loud in my best disaffected teenager voice. She'll annoy you even more! (mr. flea could barely stand it.)
Polter-Cow - Apr 19, 2007 8:24:11 am PDT #2598 of 28338
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Best. Book. Promotional. Website. Ever: [link]
Oh, wow, that is awesome. I was loving her already and was interested in her book, and then Dave Eggers compared her to Lorrie Moore, and now I need to remember to go see her on May 16 when she comes to San Francisco.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2007 3:31:29 pm PDT #2599 of 28338
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Just finished Bellwether. Sheep. Hee!
If I were to read To Say Nothing of the Dog, should I read Three Men in a Boat first? (I actually read it in college in a Brit. Lit. class, but I cannot remember one damned thing about it, other than feeling sorry for Jerome K. Jerome because of his name.)
-t - Apr 19, 2007 3:37:26 pm PDT #2600 of 28338
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't, and didn't feel the lack. Though I do want to read Three Men in a Boat, now.
Ginger - Apr 19, 2007 4:13:30 pm PDT #2601 of 28338
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Just finished Bellwether. Sheep. Hee!
Barbies! Bobbed hair! Duct tape!
When I first read To Say Nothing of the Dog, it had been years since I read Three Men in a Boat. I remembered enough to catch the jokes. I don't think it's necessary, though.