Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.

Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told 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."


Hayden - Apr 03, 2008 7:26:19 am PDT #5435 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I'm an absolutist about my authority and innate rightness! Otherwise, yes.


Scrappy - Apr 03, 2008 7:31:44 am PDT #5436 of 28344
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Oh, I just loves me some Corwood.


erikaj - Apr 03, 2008 9:08:17 am PDT #5437 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah...in another world, he could bend me over a radio car any day. (ha...rare circle that will recognize that as a tender compliment)


hippocampus - Apr 03, 2008 3:24:17 pm PDT #5438 of 28344
not your mom's socks.

I retain my title of Grand Commissioner Of Using The Term "Art" Correctly Unlike The Rest Of You Proles, Unless You Happen To Be Using It Like I Do, In Which Case It's All Good And I Apologize For Calling You A Prole.

aw!: awe


Hil R. - Apr 05, 2008 7:06:06 am PDT #5439 of 28344
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just finished The Amber Spyglass. And while I could see that ending coming from a mile away, there were still a lot of in-between parts that seriously surprised me. Also, I think I need a much better background in Catholic theology to understand what he was trying to do with several sections. Overall, though, exciting read.


Aims - Apr 07, 2008 6:41:47 am PDT #5440 of 28344
Shit's all sorts of different now.

So, I read a prequel The Land and a squel Let the Circle be Unbroken to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Wonderful books, all three. I feel kinda dumb for being so scared of them.


Steph L. - Apr 07, 2008 7:27:17 am PDT #5441 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I just finished The Amber Spyglass. And while I could see that ending coming from a mile away, there were still a lot of in-between parts that seriously surprised me. Also, I think I need a much better background in Catholic theology to understand what he was trying to do with several sections. Overall, though, exciting read.

Hil, I finished it this weekend, too. And yes, the ending was pretty predictable, and I also don't think that Pullman earned it (I can think of several different ways that Lyra and Will could have stayed together). But honestly? I think I liked it best of the trilogy, mostly because of the mulefa world where Mary Malone was. For some reason, I just adored that part.


lisah - Apr 07, 2008 7:46:41 am PDT #5442 of 28344
Punishingly Intricate

mostly because of the mulefa world where Mary Malone was. For some reason, I just adored that part.

I just couldn't take that part seriously because it always always became muffaleta in my head.


DawnK - Apr 07, 2008 8:29:17 am PDT #5443 of 28344
giraffe mode

When my daughter was reading Amber Spyglass we spent at least 30 minutes trying to draw the mulefa. (lisah, I say muffaleta too! Annoyed the female child like whoa!)


Volans - Apr 10, 2008 9:08:36 am PDT #5444 of 28344
move out and draw fire

I just found Grammar Girl..very cool. [link]

And in book news, I also just found Howard's Solomon Kane stories. I wasn't a huge Conan fan, but I'm kind of digging on Kane.