"Good dogs have their reward."
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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."
Ginger - Jul 06, 2008 8:30:11 am PDT #6609 of 28379
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Sophia Brooks - Jul 06, 2008 8:35:17 am PDT #6610 of 28379
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Ginger, I had completely forgotten about that, and now I am crying. Oh, Jack! I was really emotionally invested in those books.
megan walker - Jul 06, 2008 8:38:05 am PDT #6611 of 28379
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Seriously, Jack looking at the wagon and not being excited, and Laura fluffing his bed because she realizes she's been neglecting him, I was like "Sh*t, Jack's gonna die! Nooooo!"
Kathy A - Jul 06, 2008 6:01:28 pm PDT #6612 of 28379
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Jack's death--waaah!
Stick with the book, megan, because you next get the thrill of Laura's first train ride and then the fun of meeting Lena.
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2008 6:20:25 pm PDT #6613 of 28379
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jack's death--waaah!
I did a total double take here, because one of the characters in Superpowers is named Jack.
And for how long are we whitefonting plotty stuff in Superpowers, or really any new release? I disremember.
BECAUSE IF JACK DIES (or any of the Superpowers kids) I DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
Hil R. - Jul 06, 2008 8:04:23 pm PDT #6614 of 28379
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Stick with the book, megan, because you next get the thrill of Laura's first train ride and then the fun of meeting Lena.
And watching them build the railway!
Sometime in high school, I remember reading a poem about an Arab girl named Leila. (At least, I think that's what her name was.) Something about her sitting in a garden, maybe? It was by a well-known poet, and I think from sometime around 1920 or so. Anyone know what poem I'm talking about? Google is giving me no help.
Kathy A - Jul 07, 2008 6:40:21 am PDT #6615 of 28379
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And watching them build the railway!
Don't forget the scariness when the railroad workers decide that they want their pay earlier than contracted and try using mob force to get Pa to fork over the money, which Ma has hidden in the flour barrel.
megan walker - Jul 07, 2008 6:49:39 am PDT #6616 of 28379
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hil, is it this? [link]
Hil R. - Jul 07, 2008 8:26:06 pm PDT #6617 of 28379
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
No, that's not it. Thanks, though. I think the poet was British, but maybe American.
meara - Jul 08, 2008 1:57:46 pm PDT #6618 of 28379
Hmm. I just read Three Men In A Boat...and I must say, it's....incredibly random? i should've thought to bring "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (Connie Willis) and see if having read the former now informs the latter at all, but I guess that'll have to wait (I'm on a trip). I can certainly see the similarities, but must ask--is it just my edition, or is it random, or what on earth does the ghost stories at the end have to do with the rest of the book?? Good grief, man!
So bizarre.