oh, Barb, I read that. And I was thinking "ha! be glad you don't have a mailing address up or the fangirls would be sending YOU chess pieces!"
Bye, now. Have good sex.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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."
Toddson - Aug 27, 2008 9:44:57 am PDT #7035 of 28393
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Kathy A - Aug 27, 2008 10:15:33 am PDT #7036 of 28393
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was talking to my 15-y.o. niece about what books she's currently reading for fun, and she mentioned that she's in the middle of Breaking Dawn. I asked her for her review of the series as a whole, and she admitted that they're all pretty bad, but she still feels compelled to read them anyway!
When she and the rest of the family came up to my place yesterday, I told her to knock herself out by checking my bookshelves (since that's what I usually do when I go to a reader's home). She left with three of my books (two Stephen Kings and, on my rec, Devil in the White City), promising to get them to me as soon as she's done. Her boyfriend has her reading graphic novels now--she's read the Ultimate Batman and is currently trying to get through the Ultimate Spiderman, but doesn't find it as interesting as the other.
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2008 11:02:47 am PDT #7037 of 28393
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
she's read the Ultimate Batman
The what? There is no Ultimate Batman. Ultimate is a Marvel thing. Is she reading All-Star Batman? Teppy is going to have a fit.
Kathy A - Aug 27, 2008 11:08:24 am PDT #7038 of 28393
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Maybe that's it. I just remember her saying one of the titles was Ultimate something, and that she liked the Batman title but not the Spiderman title.
ETA, you couldn't tell my complete ignorance of comic books/graphic novels there, could you?
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2008 11:35:22 am PDT #7039 of 28393
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's a shame about Spidey. I've only read the first trade of USM, but I liked it. Bendis is fun. I wonder what Batman title she likes better than that. Hm.
Laga - Aug 27, 2008 2:26:46 pm PDT #7040 of 28393
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I really enjoyed the YA novel Mary Jane. But not enough to have sought out its sequel, yet.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 2:42:24 pm PDT #7041 of 28393
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'm hoping for some recs. Kara is tired of Grizzwold, Beatrix Potter, Junie B. Jones, etc. After having been banned from reading her daddy's books, she says she wants "DEATH BOOKS!, Romantic! Exciting! Death books!"
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
Anyone? Jilli?
juliana - Aug 27, 2008 2:44:39 pm PDT #7042 of 28393
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
I was reading Narnia at that age (with occasional consultation with my mother and our British English Dictionary). I misremember the vocab level, but they're certainly romantic & exciting.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:49:02 pm PDT #7043 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Would Coraline be too scary? Is she ready for Harry Potter yet? Maybe Goosebumps?
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:53:34 pm PDT #7044 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
How about The Search for Delicious? I read that in third grade, I think.