In NON-HP book news: has anyone read Tasha Alexander?
I am currently reading And Only to Deceive, thoroughly enjoying it and think that others here will too. It's set in the UK (and France so far) at the end of the 19th century about a young widow.
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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."
sumi - Jul 19, 2007 4:37:10 am PDT #3255 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 4:41:17 am PDT #3256 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Re early copies of HP: There's also a kerfuffle that DeepDiscount.com sent out some of their copies early (approx. 1200), and Scholastic is going to sue.
Scholastic are also begging via press release that those who receive them prior to the actual release date not open the packages. Like that's going to happen.
Toddson - Jul 19, 2007 4:51:19 am PDT #3257 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh dear ... the news is out (about early shipments of HP) - does this mean that rabid fans will be lurking in the shrubbery waiting to waylay hapless postal workers?
Consuela - Jul 19, 2007 5:05:17 am PDT #3258 of 28197
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Someone on LJ who posted a snarky review, with quotes, got a DMCA take-down notice from LJ-abuse. WTF?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 5:07:59 am PDT #3259 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
does this mean that rabid fans will be lurking in the shrubbery waiting to waylay hapless postal workers?
If this wasn't a distinct possibility, I'd say the image this... ahem... conjures is hilarious.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2007 5:16:49 am PDT #3260 of 28197
brillig
"Hand over the Harry and no one gets hurt." Let's hope nobody leaps out of a bush, points a twig, and yells "Expelliarmus!"
Snape borders on brilliant, in a book intially aimed purely at the younger set. "He hates your guts, he always will hate your guts, but he is on your side and you can depend on him." You don't have to be buddy-buddy with everyone to succeed at a common goal.
edit: Plus, Snape has good reason to hate James--though transferring it to Harry is petty.
Do you think they'll explain why Dumbledore continually hired incompetent/dangerous DADA profs?
sumi - Jul 19, 2007 5:19:19 am PDT #3261 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
They explained that in HBP - didn't they?
I mean isn't the curse by Voldemort on the position the reason that no DADA prof lasts more than a year?
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2007 5:20:21 am PDT #3262 of 28197
brillig
That's why no prof lasts, but doesn't really explain why the profs are actual minions of evil--except Lupin, of course.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 5:27:29 am PDT #3263 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's why no prof lasts, but doesn't really explain why the profs are actual minions of evil--except Lupin, of course.
Well, Mad-eyed Mooney wasn't evil. He never made it to take the job, but he was the one Dumbledore hired.
Side note: It's going to be very odd seeing Goblet of Fire again after watching Tennant in Doctor Who.
beekaytee - Jul 19, 2007 5:28:28 am PDT #3264 of 28197
Compassionately intolerant
While nothing can keep me from diving head first into the book...though I'm conceding to skip the midnight distribution because I'm starting out at 6am the next day to walk 10 miles in ugly heat...the NYTimes review has taken just the teeniest edge off my zeal.
I'm expecting ti be exhausted in the way that Harry's unrelenting whinging in GoF wore me out. Oh my. I do so love these characters...