My first guest-blog post over at Powell's Books. (xposted in Music)
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Hayden - Jun 30, 2008 10:30:29 am PDT #6590 of 28379
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2008 4:24:47 pm PDT #6591 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. Anyone else read it? It's very oogy and disturbing in an understated way.
I also read Choke, which is my least favorite Palahniuk so far (I love Fight Club and Lullaby ), mostly because the narrator is much more unlikable. And there isn't a very strong narrative drive; it's mostly a string of thematics and internal monologue. The ending made me like the book a lot more than I expected to, though.
hippocampus - Jul 03, 2008 5:11:18 am PDT #6592 of 28379
not your mom's socks.
just found this: graphic novel built in facebook - [link]
Jesse - Jul 04, 2008 7:32:47 am PDT #6593 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just finished Superpowers, and really really liked it. I'm trying to figure out who to lend my copy to first.
brenda m - Jul 04, 2008 7:41:26 am PDT #6594 of 28379
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
I gave mine away the other day and meant to pick up another for me this weekend to finish reading but I didn't make it to the book store. Dammit.
I do love handing out Buffista books like some bizarro-world Watchtower. Just wish I could afford to do it more often.
Sue - Jul 04, 2008 8:01:06 am PDT #6595 of 28379
hip deep in pie
My order of buffista books (David's, David's and Hayden's) shipped yesterday. I can't wait.
Kat - Jul 04, 2008 8:30:01 am PDT #6596 of 28379
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Has anyone read Wolitzer's Ten-Year Nap ? Just finished it last night.
beth b - Jul 04, 2008 9:19:38 am PDT #6597 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My copy of Superpowers has just come in. I started pimping it to a friend and I haven't started reading it yet.
Jesse - Jul 04, 2008 9:44:29 am PDT #6598 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I should have thought to do this before, but here are some Amazon Associate links:
brenda m - Jul 04, 2008 9:48:07 am PDT #6599 of 28379
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
Hee. From Corwood's link:
Buy this book with Swordfishtrombones (33 1/3) by David Smay today!
Though this
Hayden Childs weaves the story of this astonishing record from the perspective of a man who is obsessed with it, a man who is living and reliving his own trip through Hell.
sounds like it's saying it's Corwood reliving his own trip through hell - which I think (and hope) is not actually the case?