Just finished Oscar Wao. I think I wanted to like it much more than I did. Which is a bummer. I'm glad I'm done so I can be DONE with it (I have wicked completest issues). I need something light and fluffy and then it's off to Jane Smiley.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
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."
Kat - Jun 18, 2008 8:58:50 pm PDT #6417 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Fred Pete - Jun 19, 2008 5:41:34 am PDT #6418 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
Kat, you could always go with Moo and take care of light and fluffy and Jane Smiley with one book.
Jesse - Jun 19, 2008 5:56:07 am PDT #6419 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fred, I was thinking the exact same thing!
Kat - Jun 19, 2008 5:57:53 am PDT #6420 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
HA. I could. But I have to read A Thousand Acres instead. So in the interim, i'm reading Whacked by Jules Asner, which was one of the freebies I got at BEA.
Jilli, I missed the Gaiman ARC that they were giving out. So that makes me even more jealous of your preread!
Fred Pete - Jun 19, 2008 6:00:39 am PDT #6421 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oooooo. Yes, A Thousand Acres is anything but light and fluffy. Wonderful, especially in the characters' voices, but not light entertainment.
sumi - Jun 19, 2008 6:10:59 am PDT #6422 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
Pix - Jun 19, 2008 9:40:13 am PDT #6423 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I love A Thousand Acres, though. I've been meaning to read Moo but haven't yet. If I get through the pile o'books I have to read this summer, maybe I'll get to Moo.
Fred Pete - Jun 19, 2008 10:26:35 am PDT #6424 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
Kristin, Moo is a laugh riot. Especially for anyone familiar with academia.
Pix - Jun 19, 2008 10:36:29 am PDT #6425 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks, Fred! ND owns it and said the same, so I'm very intrigued. I will add it to the pile.
Maysa - Jun 19, 2008 11:04:38 am PDT #6426 of 28370
Just finished Oscar Wao. I think I wanted to like it much more than I did. Which is a bummer.
Is the book as good as his short stories are? I love those, but I'm reluctant to read Oscar Wao, because sometimes good short story writers aren't such good novelists.