Erin answered first-- I have no idea if read them exactly chronologically -- but close. He is my favorite short story writer --mostly because someone will show up other places later . It helps make his stories feel like a story of someone's life -- not just an incomplete bit.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
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 - Oct 11, 2008 12:56:19 pm PDT #7737 of 28414
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Amy - Oct 11, 2008 1:01:34 pm PDT #7738 of 28414
Because books.
Awesome! Thanks!
Ginger - Oct 11, 2008 1:22:14 pm PDT #7739 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am Erin with regard to the squick. I was okay until it became overt, and that was pretty much it for me.
I think the Lily Bard books are Harris' best. Lily is dark but not so bent that you can't identify with her. She had something terrible happen to her and she's coping as well as she can. Her other series, the Aurora Teagarten ones, are definitely cozies and Aurora Teagarten got on my nerves after a few books.
Laga - Oct 11, 2008 7:37:54 pm PDT #7740 of 28414
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
De Lint also wrote a children's book called A Circle of Cats that is just gorgeous.
Barb - Oct 12, 2008 6:15:19 am PDT #7741 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
Hey all, I'm in a heartless phase and sorting through books to give away-- generally, I schlep them up to the library, but I figured if anyone here wanted a crack at them, I'd be more than happy to send.
Because I get so many freebies when I go to conferences, some of them I haven't even read, so I can't vouch for their quality, but like I said, if they sound in the slightest bit interesting, I'll be more than happy to send. Just let me know if you want me to post a list.
Amy - Oct 12, 2008 6:25:04 am PDT #7742 of 28414
Because books.
Oh, please!
t /book whore
Beverly - Oct 12, 2008 8:09:30 am PDT #7743 of 28414
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
book whore
Will fuck for books? There's...no downside there, is there?
I'm going to have to build retaining walls for my TBR pile(s).
Amy - Oct 12, 2008 8:13:36 am PDT #7744 of 28414
Because books.
I'll do lots of things for books, baby.
Beverly - Oct 12, 2008 9:09:50 am PDT #7745 of 28414
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I ruthlessly went through my old paperbacks and admitted which ones I would *never* read again. And, okay, I did search for them online and make sure I could replace them used if I ever did want to re-read. And gave them to DH to trade at Ed McKay's. He recycles books, and only keeps pbs in a series he loves or knows he'll re-read. My problem is the still TBR. My eyes have always been bigger than...my eyes, with books. I just can't read fast enough. And I'm plagued by the urge to re-read nearly as often as the urge to read something new.
Thence, the teetering TBR piles. For which there is no shelf space. Shelf space is only for the keepers.
sarameg - Oct 12, 2008 3:47:33 pm PDT #7746 of 28414
Ed McKay's
OMG, I remember them! They were my preferred source for romance and mystery purchasing and sellback in G'boro (I was a poor student. No way could I afford my reading habits without trade-in.) Hadn't realized they were statewide. I could probably still remember how to get there from the college.