"Random Acts of Paypal" made me cry and cry and cry. After I was already crying about Kat and Lori's wedding. Damnit.
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
Willow ,'Help'
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."
Gris - Jul 26, 2007 11:54:55 am PDT #3494 of 28197
Hey. New board.
-t - Jul 26, 2007 12:46:50 pm PDT #3495 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Years of Rice and Salt,
Oh, I like that a whole lot. I recommend getting around to it, brenda!
Toddson - Jul 26, 2007 12:53:02 pm PDT #3496 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For paranormal romances, I've read a number. Many of them go into the "oh, this is awful, I don't want to be a (vampire / werewolf / whatever), how do I redeem myself" or they go to the other extreme and are very jokey. Sherrilyn Kenyon is kind of wacky, but I've enjoyed some of her earlier books ... the latest ones, I think she's running the franchise into the ground. But one of the earlier ones ... how do you not like a book that starts off, "Let's tie him to an anthill and throw little pickles at him"?
DawnK - Jul 26, 2007 1:50:45 pm PDT #3497 of 28197
giraffe mode
Jilli, my 16 y.o. daughter got me to read Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.
They are YA romance/vampire/werewolf books and actually not too bad. I'm not a big lover of romance and it was a bit schmoopy for me and but it hit some pretty good notes about being a 16/17 year old girl in love for the first time (plus teen angst aplenty!) Don't know if it would be your cuppa or not or if you've read them already.
Eta: errant N
Atropa - Jul 26, 2007 1:58:13 pm PDT #3498 of 28197
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, my 16 y.o. daughter got me to read Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.
I read Twilight, and was mostly "eh" about it. It just didn't grab my interest that much.
So far, my favorite YA vampire books are the ones written by Amelia Atwater Rhodes, and the Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schrieber. (I'll admit that part of my fondness for the Vampire Kisses books is because the lead character is a wholely adorable and fairly realistic teen girl babygoth.)
DawnK - Jul 26, 2007 2:03:54 pm PDT #3499 of 28197
giraffe mode
Ooohh, Vampire Kisses... I'mma get that set for the kid to read... she'll love 'em. She's a semi-baby goth herself (her new backpack for school is pink and black and has skulls with hearts for eyes on it - it's very cute)
Atropa - Jul 26, 2007 2:05:12 pm PDT #3500 of 28197
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ooohh, Vampire Kisses... I'mma get that set for the kid to read... she'll love 'em. She's a semi-baby goth herself
Then she will absolutely love them. They're just so ... charming! And good vampire fiction.
Kate P. - Jul 26, 2007 4:29:54 pm PDT #3501 of 28197
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh my god, I *loathed* Twilight. I thought it was sexist, boring, hackneyed crap. Um, but I have strong feelings about teen vampire novels. There's a squazillion of them out now, though I don't know if many of them are any good. Melissa de la Cruz's series that starts with Blue Bloods is supposed to be pretty good. Jilli, have you read Thirsty by M.T. Anderson? I think you'd really like it.
beth b - Jul 26, 2007 4:40:26 pm PDT #3502 of 28197
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I read Twilight and didn't think it was any good until the end. I have the second one on hold at the library , but not sure if I'll actually read it.
I have read a number of paranormal romances. Mostly, they suck. In fact I can't really think of any I liked. Read one of the undead/unwed series. and didn't really like and ditto harris and kenyon ( but I tried two of hers)
Atropa - Jul 26, 2007 6:08:49 pm PDT #3503 of 28197
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Melissa de la Cruz's series that starts with Blue Bloods is supposed to be pretty good.
I read Blue Bloods and was not impressed. Oh we're so pretty and upper-class and old-money AND we're vampires! Teen vampires who are edgy and model designer jeans! Bleeurg.
I haven't read Thirsty, but I'm sure I've had it recommended to me before. I need to add it to the list of books to look for.