He's unearthly beautiful, has superhuman strength, his eyes change color
OMG this is the sparkly book, amirite? Where the vampires turn out to fluoresce under starlight?
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
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."
Nutty - Jan 23, 2008 1:12:31 pm PST #4804 of 28343
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Atropa - Jan 23, 2008 1:15:25 pm PST #4805 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
OMG this is the sparkly book, amirite? Where the vampires turn out to fluoresce under starlight?
Under sunlight, yep.
I ended up reading all three of them. They're mindless fun, and the first book is the weakest of the lot.
Gris - Jan 23, 2008 2:02:41 pm PST #4806 of 28343
Hey. New board.
If they mean hours of rain, rather than inches of rain, that would be Olympia.
It's called "Forks" or some such craziness but I think it is not real.
Atropa - Jan 23, 2008 2:16:58 pm PST #4807 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's called "Forks" or some such craziness but I think it is not real.
Oh, Forks is real.
Susan W. - Jan 23, 2008 2:17:44 pm PST #4808 of 28343
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Forks is real. We drove through it Labor Day weekend on one of the rare sunny days.
ETA, Forks: [link]
P.M. Marc - Jan 23, 2008 2:26:35 pm PST #4809 of 28343
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
La Push, apparently also a location in the books? Also real.
(One of my leftover textbooks from high school has a random sketch of WA state with a little dot for La Push, because a friend was headed there for the weekend, and I was asking him where the hell it was. The answer is "Kinda near Forks, let me draw it.")
Gris - Jan 23, 2008 5:08:35 pm PST #4810 of 28343
Hey. New board.
Nice. Looks pretty. I bet their website has gotten a lot more visitors since the books became popular.
Volans - Jan 23, 2008 5:16:30 pm PST #4811 of 28343
move out and draw fire
There was a caller on NPR today that the announcer said was from "Snow-Amish" Washington. I'm guessing Snohomish.
Am reading a "post-cyberpunk" anthology. Am wondering how Bruce Sterling ever became a writer. Clunk-ee.
Jessica - Jan 24, 2008 3:35:30 am PST #4812 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Am wondering how Bruce Sterling ever became a writer. Clunk-ee.
Heh - I have the same thought every time I come across him.
hippocampus - Jan 24, 2008 3:56:28 am PST #4813 of 28343
not your mom's socks.
second that. er. third.