Note to self--if ever you need to find a rare book on vampires, ask if Jilli has it, first.
I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.
Mal ,'Trash'
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."
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2008 9:20:22 am PDT #7007 of 28388
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Kat - Aug 22, 2008 9:25:12 am PDT #7008 of 28388
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Do you think it could have crossover YA appeal? I tend to read books quicker if there's a chance I can booktalk them to my teens.
YA, probably not. The narrator is in his mid thirties, though the victims of the crime are 12. It might work for a HS student who reads Tom Harris or the like. But it would have to be for a kid who has already made the leap into adult books.
Also, she has a new one out, The Likeness, that's been getting great reviews too.
The Likeness takes one of the characters and tells a new thriller from her POV.
I loved In the Woods. It has the right mix of broken sad characters and completely compelling crimesolving.
Atropa - Aug 22, 2008 9:32:30 am PDT #7009 of 28388
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Note to self--if ever you need to find a rare book on vampires, ask if Jilli has it, first.
I would laugh, but ... yeah, there's a good chance I would have some version of it. I have embraced my cliché.
Strix - Aug 23, 2008 6:42:53 am PDT #7010 of 28388
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's not a cliche, doll; it's a "speciality!"
Barb - Aug 23, 2008 2:40:21 pm PDT #7011 of 28388
“Not dead yet!”
Probably belongs more properly under the "movies" thread, but I'm sitting here, watching Four Weddings and a Funeral and just glorying in the utter glory that is Richard Curtis' writing. He writes the best love stories.
And the second wedding, Bernard and Lydia, Rowan Atkinson as the priest is just one of the most brilliant pieces of comedic writing ever.
le nubian - Aug 23, 2008 4:49:13 pm PDT #7012 of 28388
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Wait until the final scenes - "Is it raining" just about brought down the whole movie theater when I saw it years ago.
Barb - Aug 23, 2008 5:03:55 pm PDT #7013 of 28388
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, I know the film well--just haven't watched in in forever. And I'm just such a huge Richard Curtis fan. That talk between Charles and Tom after Gareth's funeral where they make the observation that for all they all talked about their freedom and not being tied down, that for all intents and purposes, two of them had been married just always breaks. my. heart. Every time.
So, so many good lines in that film, although as a complete film, in terms of the writing, I adore Love Actually even more.
Beverly - Aug 23, 2008 6:43:38 pm PDT #7014 of 28388
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I can't watch Four Weddings. Simon Callow and >gah!< John Hannah just wreck me. I'm crying hours after. I don't even know if I dare tackle the book.
meara - Aug 23, 2008 6:54:26 pm PDT #7015 of 28388
Oh, John Hannah. One of the few reasons I liked Sliding Doors so much...I adore him. Why isn't he in good things, instead of "The Mummy", darn it??
Barb - Aug 24, 2008 4:10:36 am PDT #7016 of 28388
“Not dead yet!”
I don't even know if I dare tackle the book.
It's actually the screenplay, Bev. It's absolutely fascinating, the mind of a writer who's creating for a visual medium.
But yeah, the scene where Hannah reads the Auden... guh.
Oh, John Hannah. One of the few reasons I liked Sliding Doors so much...I adore him.
Only reason I can watch that movie since I utterly abhor Gwynnie and Jean Tripplehorn's character is one of the most singularly evil characters ever. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. But John... *le sigh* I actually enjoyed him in the The Mummy because we got to see his goofy side.