I didn't even know about Gilead.
I'd better tidy up under the rock beore I venture out too far.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
-t - Jun 11, 2007 9:33:27 am PDT #2832 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hayden - Jun 11, 2007 11:07:38 am PDT #2833 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Gilead is better than Housekeeping, I think, although I love them both. I had a problem with the disconnect between everything we know about the narrator of Housekeeping and florid syntax of the narration, but the narrator of Gilead posed no such problems. I'm excited about reading another Robinson book, though, because she's 2/2.
Anne W. - Jun 11, 2007 2:03:57 pm PDT #2834 of 28176
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Lisah, I loved "What the Dead Know." I'll be interested to hear what you think of the ending.
erikaj - Jun 11, 2007 2:10:06 pm PDT #2835 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
A lot of times, I find endings are Lippman's weakness. But I: a. am crazy jealous. b. Have not read the latest yet.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2007 6:18:52 pm PDT #2836 of 28176
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have read most of Lippman's work - I tend to think that sometimes endings are her weakness, but that is particularly true in the stand alone novels.
Her novels with the PI are usually pretty good. Although, now that I know her style, I can usually predict what the twists will be by the end of the book.
I have her latest in my bookshelf. I'll probably start it in a couple of weeks when I finish the two novels I'm reading now:
Deal Breaker by Coben and The Overlook by Connelly.
I just finished The Woods by Coben and while I thought it was a decent read, it wasn't as satisfying as some of his previous stand alone novels.
Consuela - Jun 11, 2007 8:01:03 pm PDT #2837 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm rereading Bone Dance by Emma Bull (for the nth time), and thinking, "this is a book I would love to have written." Argh.
hippocampus - Jun 12, 2007 3:12:07 am PDT #2838 of 28176
not your mom's socks.
Augh. I am teh idiot. Housekeeping sits on the shelf next to Evidence of things Unseen, by Marianne Wiggins. I got Marilynne Robinson confused in there and we have a literary conundrum. My brain was elsewhere yesterday. Still a very good book! [link]
Consuela - I hear you!
Steph L. - Jun 12, 2007 7:16:16 am PDT #2839 of 28176
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Fred Pete - Jun 12, 2007 7:40:21 am PDT #2840 of 28176
Ann, that's a ferret.
Many here will no doubt particularly enjoy this installment of the series Teppy just linked to.
Aims - Jun 14, 2007 8:34:13 am PDT #2841 of 28176
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Rowling's book tour. [link]
On Oct. 15, she will read at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles,
GODS DAMN IT.