Re the Novik books - I loved the first, liked the second, didn't finish the third, and haven't bought the fourth (or fifth). Do they get better? I was kind of disappointed in the third one.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Toddson - Jun 12, 2008 7:27:44 am PDT #6110 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
juliana - Jun 12, 2008 7:30:18 am PDT #6111 of 28370
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Pride and Succubus, "combines the longing and whimsy of Jane Austen romance with the blood thirst of vampires."
I chatted with the author of the play last Friday - she's hilarious, and her description of trying to write the undead!Darcy scene had me in stitches. I wish I could audition!
amych - Jun 12, 2008 7:31:25 am PDT #6112 of 28370
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I preordered Knut's but stupidly stuck it in the same order as the Mad Men DVD's (which won't be out until the first week of July). I'll probably end up getting another copy at the actual bookstore. I'll pretend it's for lending out, but it's really for WANT TO READ KNOW and it's too late to change the pre-order without hassle and shipping charges.
Susan W. - Jun 12, 2008 7:48:57 am PDT #6113 of 28370
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I thought the fourth Novik was better than the second or third but not as good as the first.
Toddson - Jun 12, 2008 7:50:45 am PDT #6114 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
hm ... maybe I'll try them. Thanks!
Laga - Jun 12, 2008 10:35:32 am PDT #6115 of 28370
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've finished Poisonwood. Overall I felt like the first half of the book plodded and the second half rushed. Once the girls grew up I would have eaten up many more stories about their lives but all we got were bits and pieces.
I'm off to the library for ...had to look it up, hey did we know they're making a movie? Inkheart.
Pix - Jun 12, 2008 3:03:07 pm PDT #6116 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Yes! I read Inkheart yesterday and really enjoyed it. I also found out that the author is a parent at the school where I teach. Her daughter is...a rising senior? Or wait, maybe she just graduated. Anyway, small world. I hope the movie is good. It really could be great if it had the right director, I think.
Volans - Jun 12, 2008 4:00:21 pm PDT #6117 of 28370
move out and draw fire
Brendan Fraser's the father, right? And Andy Serkis is Capricorn?
I thought Cornelia Funke was German...she lives in the US now?
Pix - Jun 12, 2008 4:26:45 pm PDT #6118 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Yep. In LA.
Laga - Jun 12, 2008 5:25:55 pm PDT #6119 of 28370
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
According to imdb Fraser was the author's original choice for that character.