Cool. I love that book, but my copy has vanished into the ether.
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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."
Ginger - May 07, 2006 6:14:52 pm PDT #430 of 28095
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DavidS - May 07, 2006 7:47:48 pm PDT #431 of 28095
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cool. I love that book, but my copy has vanished into the ether.
Yeah, it's on my short list of books I always check for on the used shelves no matter how many copies I have because I'm always foisting it off on people. But now they can buy it themselves.
JohnSweden - May 08, 2006 11:50:49 am PDT #432 of 28095
I can't even.
Yeah, it's on my short list of books I always check for on the used shelves no matter how many copies I have because I'm always foisting it off on people. But now they can buy it themselves.
Excellent. I loaned out mine years ago in a fit of "really good book, you should borrow" and natch, not seen it since.
Ginger - May 08, 2006 12:42:19 pm PDT #433 of 28095
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think that's what happened to mine too.
Megan E. - May 09, 2006 10:11:17 am PDT #434 of 28095
Anyone read Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books? Didja know Alan Ball, creator of Six Feet Under has optioned it, and is making an HBO series of it? They start filming next year.
I read those! I don't get HBO though so no joy for me (until the DVDs come out).
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2006 11:19:07 am PDT #435 of 28095
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm in the midst of Dead to the World at present, though I've got to say it's not wowing me.
EpicTangent - May 09, 2006 11:27:34 am PDT #436 of 28095
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Just read the first chapter or so of Dead to the World in the back of one of the Nightside books last night. Looks interesting, but I'm in the midst of a book-buying moratorium (no, really!) for the next little while. I'll have to put the author in my little notebook to check for next visit to the liberry.
Typo Boy - May 09, 2006 11:58:45 am PDT #437 of 28095
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Actually liked Grave Sight her non-sookie book much better.
EpicTangent - May 09, 2006 12:52:27 pm PDT #438 of 28095
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Just in from the Department of Coincidences: Charlaine Harris is doing a book signing here this Saturday of her new book, Definitely Dead.
Scrappy - May 11, 2006 7:22:08 am PDT #439 of 28095
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I just finished River of Darkness, by Rennie Airth. It's a mystery/thriller about a police detective in post WWI England, dealing with the aftermath of both the war and his own personal tragedies. Really well written and with a great sense of place and time. It manages to feel of the period without being arch or self-consciously Olde Fashioned. I recommend it highly.