From the EW review -- Meyers lost her character and universe. Now if you loved Twilight changing your main character from a nice young girl to someone who seems to either not feel pain or enjoy pain, I understand why her readers are upset.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'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."
beth b - Aug 14, 2008 7:17:32 pm PDT #6975 of 28387
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Fay - Aug 14, 2008 7:29:48 pm PDT #6976 of 28387
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Crumbs! Really? I had no notion!
The poor wee scones! I hope that they seek solace in Anne Rice or Buffy. (Depending on which aspects of Meyers' books appealed to them the most.)
Toddson - Aug 15, 2008 3:53:30 am PDT #6977 of 28387
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
From the Washington Post's book review:
This ick factor goes through the roof in Breaking Dawn which is, frankly, dreadful.
and, succinctly:
Reader, I hurled.
Calli - Aug 15, 2008 5:49:41 am PDT #6978 of 28387
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I recently finished Alchemy of Stone, by Ekaterina Sedia. It was beautiful! Has anyone here read it?
Kat - Aug 15, 2008 6:02:53 am PDT #6979 of 28387
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have not read it, Calli. What's it about?
I just finished The Lace Reader which was intriguing. I love the fact that from the very first you know that Towner will be a totally unreliable narrator and as you go through the entire story, you are questioning what is real and what isn't. At some point, I gave up the ghost and just really decided to let her narration be the "truth" of the story. But then you hit the end and it's all whoa. Beautifully done, but sad and disturbing. Highly recommend.
Calli - Aug 15, 2008 6:50:54 am PDT #6980 of 28387
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The Alchemy of Stone is a sort of steampunkish novel about an emancipated, intelligent automaton who is also an alchemist. She's only partially independent, though, because she has to be wound up every few months, and her maker has her key. The story is set in a sort of middle European country with the usual melange of computers and corsets of a steampunk novel, although less directly Victorian than some. The book is engagingly plotty, with interesting characters, and some lovely passages and conflicts.
Aims - Aug 15, 2008 8:42:25 am PDT #6981 of 28387
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, so I am in Minneapolis, right? Guess where I might get to go tomorrow??
WALNUT GROVE!!!
Redemption of Nellie Olsen, here I come!!
Kathy A - Aug 15, 2008 8:52:42 am PDT #6982 of 28387
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cool! I know that the underground house on Plum Creek is long gone (I don't even think a depression is left in the bank), but there should be some tourist-y things to do there.
Hil R. - Aug 15, 2008 9:32:03 am PDT #6983 of 28387
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I remember reading that you can go visit where the underground house used to be -- the people who own the land have a path and a sign there.
DavidS - Aug 16, 2008 2:25:58 pm PDT #6984 of 28387
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Looking for Ann of Green Gables: The Story of L. M. Montgomery and Her Literary Classic.
Which contains a link to Oops! NY Times reviews which were completely off the mark on enduring classics.