I would think that an editor who only points out typos is more of a...lazy proofreader?
I've been a proofreader and I pointed out grammar mistakes and logical inconsistencies -- and that was in crappy direct-mailings.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
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."
Strix - Oct 03, 2008 3:35:21 pm PDT #7688 of 28405
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Kate P. - Oct 03, 2008 6:22:57 pm PDT #7689 of 28405
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, Barb, somehow I just put it together that you wrote Adiós [rest of title redacted] ! And to think, I bought it for my library without even knowing the author was a Buffista. I haven't read it yet, but it definitely looked good, and I know it's circulated a bunch. Anyway, cool!
Edit: Sorry, it occurred to me this morning that you might not want your board name associated with the titles of your books.
Consuela - Oct 03, 2008 8:17:49 pm PDT #7690 of 28405
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I liked it a lot, Kate. I'd recommend it.
Barb - Oct 04, 2008 3:52:22 am PDT #7691 of 28405
“Not dead yet!”
Edit: Sorry, it occurred to me this morning that you might not want your board name associated with the titles of your books.
S'okay, Kate, I don't mind. And yay on the circulating a bunch!
Steph L. - Oct 04, 2008 7:06:58 am PDT #7692 of 28405
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I haven't read it yet, but it definitely looked good
It's really good, as is It's Not About the Accent. You should definitely read them both.
Pix - Oct 04, 2008 9:19:45 am PDT #7693 of 28405
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks for all the other book recs for my Twilight readers. Fay, are all the books you recommended YA? Longer and chewier is fine, but if any of the books has anything too explicit, I definitely can't recommend them to 9th graders. Just want to make sure.
Fay - Oct 05, 2008 1:24:46 am PDT #7694 of 28405
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Well, they're all from the kids' section of the bookshop, and I suggested them because I think they are pitched at the same age/reading skill level as Twilight - do you consider 'YA' to imply particular parametres beyond that? Valiant includes sex and drugs (I gather that in the Twilight books the protagonist does eventually get laid too - personally, I preferred Holly Black's take on the protagonist's sexual choices and empowerment to what I've seen of the sparkly mormon vampire saga, but YMMV), but Tithe and Ironside don't have shagging, iirc. Or at least - there's the implication that the protagonist's friend gets some Big gay sexin', but we don't get to see it.
Offhand, I can't remember whether the protagonists of the others eventually get some between-the-sheets action. They do have love interests, and plenty of sexual tension, and retain their own identities, their own choices & their own destinies.
DavidS - Oct 05, 2008 7:01:18 am PDT #7695 of 28405
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but Tithe and Ironside don't have shagging, iirc.
Tithe does have a very intense, S&M relationship implied between the young gay boy (Corny) and the evil elf lord dude.
Amy - Oct 05, 2008 7:03:25 am PDT #7696 of 28405
Because books.
I think, though, Pix would be safe recommending anything that's marketed as YA, and shelved there, since the kids could certainly find it themselves.
That relationship in Tithe startled me, simply because whoa has YA changed since my day. I mean, back then Forever was a big deal.
Pix - Oct 05, 2008 8:48:44 am PDT #7697 of 28405
The status is NOT quo.
I think, though, Pix would be safe recommending anything that's marketed as YA, and shelved there, since the kids could certainly find it themselves.
Well, yes and no. There's a big difference between the girls finding books themselves in a YA section and me actively recommending them as their teacher. I think I'll stay away from Tithe as a rec, but the rest sound like they'd be fine. (My guess is that they will find Tithe anyway, but I don't like taking chances with parents with students that age.) Thanks!!