I read the Island Stallion first and was a little bummed when it lost to the Black in the match race.
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
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."
DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 9:38:16 am PDT #7114 of 28399
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 9:38:34 am PDT #7115 of 28399
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hmm how did I miss them? I was kind of irrationally scared of aliens as a kid. I shouldn't have read Whitley Streiber so soon. It's possible I read one one of the Island Stallion books and forgot about it on purpose. On the other hand I was very focused on The Black so if he wasn't in them I might never have bought one.
Barb - Aug 28, 2008 9:41:26 am PDT #7116 of 28399
“Not dead yet!”
Heh. I was reading Roots in fifth grade and Rosemary Rogers' bodice rippers in sixth, and I'm not damaged! (Much.)
I read The Thorn Birds I think when I was in sixth grade. I still remember my mom asking me what it was about and I answered, "a priest in Australia."
sumi - Aug 28, 2008 9:45:49 am PDT #7117 of 28399
Art Crawl!!!
Walter Farley also wrote a nice biography of Man O'War (well, I remember it as nice - I haven't read it in years.)
Toddson - Aug 28, 2008 9:46:09 am PDT #7118 of 28399
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
People! has no one mentioned the Oz books? I loved those books, even when they (finally) let me into the adult section of the public library, I'd go back and read them.
DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 9:48:45 am PDT #7119 of 28399
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I loved the Oz books. Though they're very uneven from book to book. Still, my favorite was the Patchwork Girl which I think Kara would adore. I also really liked Baum's books on the Sea Fairies and Sky Island (which was super creepy).
Deena - Aug 28, 2008 1:25:44 pm PDT #7120 of 28399
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I can't believe I forgot the Oz books. I thought they were all wonderful, but I think the Patchwork Girl was my favorite, too.
Toddson - Aug 28, 2008 1:29:52 pm PDT #7121 of 28399
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And remember Ozma - she's something of a role model! (she even gets a tiara)
Amy - Aug 28, 2008 2:14:50 pm PDT #7122 of 28399
Because books.
They're not creepy or scary at all, but I adored the All-of-a-Kind Family books at that age. A Jewish family on the Lower East Side before WWI. Absolutely wonderful books.
Fay - Aug 28, 2008 2:39:13 pm PDT #7123 of 28399
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oh, Marguerite Henry, is there a girl who hasn't devoured those books?
Yes.
(Is she one of these horsey writers? I never had a horsey phase. Went straight to dragons instead.)
And yes, the Oz books! God, I loved the artwork. And Glinda is So Much Cooler in the books than in the movie - I hated movie!Glinda (although Wicked has redeemed her for me). Still, book!Glinda is cool and dignified and beautiful and elegant and powerful and has loads of gorgeous girly minions. She's sort of awesome.