I think it may end up being my favorite of his novels. It's a mixture of Stardust and Coraline, so of course I'm going to find it perfect.
So jealous! I can’t wait to read it.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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."
sj - Jun 16, 2008 12:06:21 pm PDT #6251 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Jun 16, 2008 12:15:11 pm PDT #6252 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kerfuffle Bunny needs to be a weekly strip.
He could just change his line every week like The Angriest Dog In The World.
Pix - Jun 16, 2008 12:39:33 pm PDT #6253 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Oh! I love Kerfuffle Bunny! I think Ollie, the Stupidest Dog in the World, needs to be his sidekick.
beth b - Jun 16, 2008 12:46:34 pm PDT #6254 of 28370
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
huh
I love that there is day dedicated to joyce , even though I don't love him. or even like him.
But I came to the conclusion - and really only recently - that what I like in movies and books is JOY . not happily ever after -- just JOY. (and yes it has to be said with all caps.)So lots of greats don't go there. Doesn't mean they aren't great, but I might not like them.
Ask me why my major in college was history with a minor in english...
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2008 12:48:00 pm PDT #6255 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But I came to the conclusion - and really only recently - that what I like in movies and books is JOY . not happily ever after -- just JOY. (and yes it has to be said with all caps.)
So...JOYce?
amych - Jun 16, 2008 12:52:36 pm PDT #6256 of 28370
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
beth b - Jun 16, 2008 12:57:46 pm PDT #6257 of 28370
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Joyce -- couldn't tell you what he is talking about lot of times. DH can , but by his nature, he has a classic education. ( self taught mind of the curious and brilliant. we went to the same schools through high school). there is a music in Joyce that means I hear they rhythm and sound but not the meaning. and there were words in POA that bugged. So I never got far with him
Oddly , the English Patient was another one of those books. When I read it , I got lost in the language-- and kept forgetting the story. And I was co-leading a book discussion on it. To this day I still can't tell you if I like it or not -- and the big plot hole that people found, I have no idea if it was really there
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2008 12:58:56 pm PDT #6258 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
there were words in POA that bugged
Joyce wrote Prisoner of Azkaban ?
Oh, wait. Babytuckoo saw a moocow.
beth b - Jun 16, 2008 1:02:19 pm PDT #6259 of 28370
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
you got it. personal prejudice.( are there any other kind?) Hate things like moocow
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2008 1:04:03 pm PDT #6260 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Stay away from Salman Rushdie, then.