Kathy - is that the one about the blood brothers?
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
sumi - May 08, 2008 8:54:21 am PDT #5744 of 28352
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy A - May 08, 2008 9:16:59 am PDT #5745 of 28352
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yep. I did what I shouldn't have and started reading it at about 1:00 am. Big mistake. I finished it around 5:00 and am now reeaaaalllly tired.
It's a really good one, but strangely lacking in the big oomph finish. I think it suffers from Act Two syndrome in that way (see: Two Towers movie). I liked all the character stuff, especially with the male lead (Fox, the lawyer son of the hippie organic farmers). Nora Roberts is always so good with her male characters, and he's probably one of her better-drawn ones of recent years.
sumi - May 08, 2008 9:18:54 am PDT #5746 of 28352
Art Crawl!!!
I've had the first one for a while but for some reason - okay - possibly just because I haven't been reading at all - didn't get into until the past few days. So, I can go looking for the second one right away.
Kathy A - May 08, 2008 9:48:11 am PDT #5747 of 28352
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I had a Buffista flashback while reading it--Fox's gay sister asks him if he'll donate for the child she and her partner want to have, which made me think of a certain Chicagoista!
brenda m - May 08, 2008 9:55:12 am PDT #5748 of 28352
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hah!
Susan W. - May 08, 2008 12:53:01 pm PDT #5749 of 28352
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Has anyone ever read anything by Karen Miller? I'm about 20 pages into Empress, the first book in a fantasy trilogy. I haven't yet decided whether I'm hooked enough to finish it, and it gets interestingly mixed reviews on Amazon.com.
megan walker - May 08, 2008 1:07:23 pm PDT #5750 of 28352
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Give it up. Read La Chartreuse de Parme instead!! or War and Peace !
Susan W. - May 08, 2008 1:20:19 pm PDT #5751 of 28352
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I put The Charterhouse of Parma on my library list! And I've decided to buy War and Peace with the Borders card my boss gave me for Administrative Professionals Day, as soon as I figure out which translation to get!
Ginger - May 08, 2008 1:24:02 pm PDT #5752 of 28352
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Read The Education of Henry Adams. He has a lot to say about how Jacksonian Democracy was bringing about the end of civilization.
(I'll use any excuse to talk about Henry Adams, but he was particularly horrified by populism.)
Tom Scola - May 09, 2008 8:51:55 am PDT #5753 of 28352
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The new Penguin editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels: [link]