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.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'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."
Aims - Apr 07, 2008 6:41:47 am PDT #5440 of 28344
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2008 9:12:34 am PDT #5445 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wasn't a huge Conan fan, but I'm kind of digging on Kane.
I think they're his best sword and sorcery stories. Very goth! Neal Adams did some gorgeous comics versions. But I'm also a big fan of REH's Dennis Dorgan stories and A Gent From Bear Creek (surprisingly funnny, since that's not what you'd expect from Conan's glower).
Pix - Apr 11, 2008 10:03:18 am PDT #5446 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
Raq, I subscribe to her podcast through iTunes. Fun!
Speaking of, did I recommend Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies by June Casagrande? SO funny. Educational, too.
DebetEsse - Apr 11, 2008 1:18:29 pm PDT #5447 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Thing that should exist on the Internet:
A database (probably a wiki) where one might find books of a high reading level, but with content appropriate to a 5th grader.
Possibly something like those film sites that go rate movies on level of violence, sex, drug use, etc.
Does this exist, to anyone's knowledge?
sj - Apr 12, 2008 8:21:52 am PDT #5448 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I am looking through my books because I am moving soon, and I have a question for the other bibliophiles. If there is an author you normally really enjoy who writes one book that you really don't like, do you get rid of that book, or do you keep it so that you will have every book by that author?
megan walker - Apr 12, 2008 8:25:00 am PDT #5449 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hmmm, as an anti-pack rat completist, that's a tough one.
Do they match?