Has anyone here read Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer? It's YA, vampires, set in Forks, WA (where they really get all the rain my Bama relatives think we get in Seattle). I'm about 1/3 in and enjoying it so far.
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
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."
Susan W. - Jan 02, 2008 8:29:35 pm PST #4542 of 28342
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Typo Boy - Jan 02, 2008 8:34:33 pm PST #4543 of 28342
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.
set in Forks, WA (where they really get all the rain my Bama relatives think we get in Seattle).
I think we may qualify in Olympia. While we don't get the most inches of rain, we get more hours of rain than any place in Washington State - less sun, perfect for vampires.
Susan W. - Jan 02, 2008 8:42:41 pm PST #4544 of 28342
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
My latest ambition for if I ever become an author successful enough to quit my day job is to move to Sequim--cool weather and mountains and oceans and everything there is to love about this region with only 16 inches of rain.
DavidS - Jan 02, 2008 9:05:26 pm PST #4545 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did y'all know that Emma Bull and Will Shetterly made their own trailer for a War of the Oaks movie? (Emma is the Unseelie Queen.) I like the Eddi.
Very RenFaire, but fun.
Dana - Jan 03, 2008 3:38:23 am PST #4546 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Will Shetterly called me a homophobe. Fun story.
Amy - Jan 03, 2008 4:30:42 am PST #4547 of 28342
Because books.
I read Twilight, Susan. It annoyed me for about the first half, and then I got sucked in. It's not a great book-- more like popcorn, when you know you should stop eating it and you're going to feel sick later, but it's too good to stop at the moment.
And yeah, I do want to read the sequels.
Kate P. - Jan 03, 2008 6:20:15 am PST #4548 of 28342
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
A lot of people here really like Twilight, IIRC. I took a strong dislike to it, but I won't repeat my rant here, Susan, unless you really want to know. I'd rather not color your experience of the book if you're enjoying it.
Amy knows Libba Bray personally.
Really? Cool! I've met her a couple of times and really liked her. And I would never have guessed that she has an artificial eye!
Speaking of YA novels, I'm about 100 pages or so into Nick Hornby's new book, Slam (which is his first YA book), and it's really excellent so far. The main character is this 16-year-old skater boy who talks to a poster of Tony Hawk, which I love because I always feel like Nick Hornby understands what it means to be a fan of someone and to feel like you've got a kind of relationship with them, and he doesn't treat that feeling trivially.
Will Shetterly called me a homophobe. Fun story.
...Come again??
Dana - Jan 03, 2008 6:21:45 am PST #4549 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
...Come again??
On Livejournal. I referred to a conversation he was having with someone else as "mutual masturbation", and he followed a referrer log or something, found the comment, and called me a homophobe in his LJ.
Then I got to explain that I wrote gay porn for fun, and he got kind of flustered and said he thought Brokeback Mountain was a good movie.
Amy - Jan 03, 2008 6:22:24 am PST #4550 of 28342
Because books.
I've met her a couple of times and really liked her. And I would never have guessed that she has an artificial eye!
I worked with her for a while, and she is a fucking hoot. I'm so proud of her and happy for her, because she sweats out these books and just puts everything into them. And they're so good!
Twilight was like crack to me. I knew I shouldn't like it, but I did, in the end.
Miracleman - Jan 03, 2008 6:24:21 am PST #4551 of 28342
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Then I got to explain that I wrote gay porn for fun, and he got kind of flustered and said he thought Brokeback Mountain was a good movie.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!