Maybe ask what they think about Savannah (the suicidal sister) writing about what happened to the family, both in her poetry, and her children's story?
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
megan walker - Mar 13, 2008 2:31:11 pm PDT #5229 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Mar 13, 2008 2:53:31 pm PDT #5230 of 28344
Because books.
It's been way too long since I read that book to help, sadly. I just remember Angst.
beth b - Mar 13, 2008 7:22:28 pm PDT #5231 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
That's one of those books that different people remember differently. I am enthralled with the physical descriptions of South Carolina . ( My grandparents lived there - my parent are there now). My DH finds the relationship tom( ?) has with his psychiatrist compelling. My father really liked it, but at the same time found it overly dramatic.
I might read the very early line where it describes the smell of SC.1) very true 2) poetic 3) crude , pulls no punches. ( if I could find the book, I'd quote it- look for the word semen)
DavidS - Mar 13, 2008 9:18:56 pm PDT #5232 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, one of the boys got raped after prisoners escaped from prison. And his older brother shot the escaped convict. And there's lots of therapy. And he has a fling with his therapist. And you'd never want to be a sibling or parent or other family member of Pat Conroy because in one novel he'll laud you as the most awesome person ever but in the next novel he'll portray as evil incarnate.
Conroy's actual sister is a well known poet.
Fred Pete - Mar 14, 2008 4:50:46 am PDT #5233 of 28344
Ann, that's a ferret.
Conroy has/had a niche as the Southern White Male trying to adjust to a post-segregation world with only partial success. His novels are written from a first person viewpoint, and the narrator is always the same person (even if the names change).
I went through a big Conroy phase until Beach Music, when I realized he'd run out of things to say.
The therapist in Prince of Tides was originally the sister's therapist. The narrator and the therapist end up in a weird half-therapy, half-fling relationship.
Glamcookie - Mar 14, 2008 7:37:17 am PDT #5234 of 28344
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Thanks for all the info. We ended up getting our visit cut short yesterday so I didn't get to book talk. I'll be bringing it next time, though, so thanks for your input!
Jars - Mar 14, 2008 2:32:22 pm PDT #5235 of 28344
So I think this may have been asked before, but if someone wanted to start reading Discworld stuff from sort of beginning to end, where might one start?
Polter-Cow - Mar 14, 2008 2:41:47 pm PDT #5236 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Color of Magic is the first book.
Jars - Mar 14, 2008 2:44:39 pm PDT #5237 of 28344
Thanks P-C!
P.M. Marc - Mar 14, 2008 4:14:15 pm PDT #5238 of 28344
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So I think this may have been asked before, but if someone wanted to start reading Discworld stuff from sort of beginning to end, where might one start?
CoM is the weakest book in the series. I'd consult this [link]