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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."
the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.
I'm surprised nobody named Buckaroo Banzai.
I'm surprised nobody named Buckaroo Banzai.
Well, there was no mention of surgery or playing an instrument.
Gary Stu is the other one I've heard.
Yeah, I hear Gary Stu or Larry Stu more often than Marty -- my guess is that the rhyme makes it work better for people.
Or, you know, "protagonist".
In shockin news, I find that I have to say LK Hamilton's latest book is...actually decent. It's...almost all plot!
2 kinda short sex scenes, with only one being actual sex. It was not bad at all.
Craxy.
Also, I think that it is the last Merry Gentry book. It seems to be the conclusion of the series.
It's...almost all plot!
She put all the plot from the last 10 books in one?
Hee. I wouldn't go THAT far, but it's pretty move-the-action forwardy.
And by action you mean ... (hey, this IS LKH)
Ok, YA readers, I have just finished The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Seriously the book rocked. The NYT called it when it said that Frankie is a feminist character chaffing against the Old Boy's Network. So good! Anyone else read it?
Kat, I am going to take the CSET. I took the practice test and did well on analysis and comprehension, but sucked at the theoretical stuff. Do you have any books on teaching reading skills you can recommend? So I can tell a phoneme from a schmomeme and stuff.