Rowling's book tour. [link]
On Oct. 15, she will read at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles,
GODS DAMN IT.
I fell down and got confused. Willow fixed me. She's gay.
BuffyBot ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Aims - Jun 14, 2007 8:34:13 am PDT #2841 of 28176
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kathy A - Jun 14, 2007 8:37:37 am PDT #2842 of 28176
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You wouldn't have been able to get in, anyway:
Don't bother rushing for tickets. For three of the readings, Scholastic will pick schools to send children. For the fourth reading, at Carnegie Hall, 1,000 fans will be chosen from a Scholastic sweepstakes, with each winner receiving two passes.
Aims - Jun 14, 2007 8:39:23 am PDT #2843 of 28176
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I could get in. I have a Catholic school girl outfit.
OR OR OR
I have a child! In a school! With Grandma as her teacher.
I could totally get in.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2007 5:15:38 am PDT #2844 of 28176
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Aims - Jun 15, 2007 5:24:45 am PDT #2845 of 28176
Shit's all sorts of different now.
An aside: I wish people would stop looking for a meaning behind the final episode of The Sopranos. I know most people like a nice tidy ending, but I like it when I get to choose the ending.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 15, 2007 5:29:34 am PDT #2846 of 28176
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am rereading Agatha Christie mysteries on the bus-- I can do about 1 and 1/2 books per day. And while they are enjoyable, I keep being shocked by the racism and classism in them. I can't tell if Agatha Christie is brilliantly skewering the attitudes of the British at the time, or is so steeped in that culture that she doesn't even notice.
Also, I am finding a couple of the mystery "surprises" seem a little bit like cheating. That is, she writes thoughts from the point of view of the murder and doesn't include the murderous thoughts. I a little disappointed as they were favorites growing up.
They are, however, perfect bus books-- small, paperback, quick and absorbing. I tried to read a biography of Elizabeth I and two Jodi Picoult books on the bus, and I couldn't concentrate.
Gris - Jun 15, 2007 6:07:55 am PDT #2847 of 28176
Hey. New board.
I would so dig that HP ending.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2007 6:28:38 am PDT #2848 of 28176
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I would so dig that HP ending.
JK Rowling would be living like Salman Rushdie used to if she went that route. She'd probably need more protection, actually.
megan walker - Jun 15, 2007 6:55:41 am PDT #2849 of 28176
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can't tell if Agatha Christie is brilliantly skewering the attitudes of the British at the time, or is so steeped in that culture that she doesn't even notice.
I'd say the latter. I love AC (and have a complete faux-leather set I collected in a monthly book club through high school and into college!), but yeah, her books aren't exactly PC and she often "cheats" in the whodunits.
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2007 7:17:34 am PDT #2850 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote with Megan. And I hate the cheaterliness. But when she sticks to the detective's POV, I like her storytelling better.