Second that emotion, Raq. I expect that's why I don't stick it through. Wonder what the regular Oprah audience thinks about that(Not to slam them: Pre-Buffista, I was a pretty devoted Oprah viewer. IJS, though, that it used to be that relatability used to be a fairly strong part of Oprah's choices, and now ??)
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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."
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 12:24:40 pm PDT #2744 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
Toddson - Jun 05, 2007 12:25:58 pm PDT #2745 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
erika, have you ever read anything by Benjamin M. Schutz? I was reading an old one of his I picked up at a second-hand book sale and was thinking you'd like him.
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 12:26:52 pm PDT #2746 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
Really? Is he a sick fucker, too?
Gris - Jun 05, 2007 4:39:26 pm PDT #2747 of 28176
Hey. New board.
I'm in the middle of The Vor Game right now. The one shortcoming is not enough Cordelia.
I haven't read any of the Cordelia-centric books yet. I have to go backwards in chronology after finishing this compendium and correct that problem.
meara - Jun 05, 2007 6:38:30 pm PDT #2748 of 28176
Why did no one mention the new Kushiel book was out? I was so tempted to buy it tonight, to read in the hotel room tonight and tomorrow. But there is no room in my luggage for a hardback. Not to mention no room in my budget...
Consuela - Jun 05, 2007 7:24:48 pm PDT #2749 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Someone needs to report on McCarthy on Oprah. I thought The Road was astonishing, but so not the book I would expect Oprah to grok, or to pick for her book club.
Toddson - Jun 06, 2007 4:26:03 am PDT #2750 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
erika, Schutz is ... well, I don't know if "sick fucker" is an accurate description, but he's kind of grim. Lots of people die. He's good, but not a ray of sunshine.
lisah - Jun 06, 2007 5:53:45 am PDT #2751 of 28176
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, I love his work. He's like a feral Faulkner.
Genius! I love him too although I haven't read the Road yet. I had to take a break from the post-Apocalypse for a while.
Toddson - Jun 06, 2007 6:07:01 am PDT #2752 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh, and for the grammatically inclined (isn't that all of us?) - I was leafing through a book of erotica at Borders and came across a story where the heroine is named Cedilla. Heroes are Asterisk and Apostrophe.
Ginger - Jun 06, 2007 6:08:26 am PDT #2753 of 28176
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I hope the colon doesn't make an appearance.