I am officially a disgusting person. Because it took me two reads to get that Gus was talking about "Frankenstein", which I've never finished, and not a make-out story. ETA: The first time I read a Pelecanos, I didn't like it and thought my mom was out of her mind for bringing it to me. Because it had the awful review on the cover that said it was like Pulp Fiction in some overhyped way, and I waited for that part, and, nsm.
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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."
erikaj - Jun 28, 2006 11:47:23 am PDT #864 of 28067
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2006 11:51:19 am PDT #865 of 28067
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's possible he made out with the book.
Nutty - Jun 28, 2006 11:53:35 am PDT #866 of 28067
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I remember finishing Daniel Deronda in the evening after a day of rambling about the windy Mount Auburn Cemetary, looking for ancestors. (Also Bernard Malamud, and Isabella Stewart Gardner.) It was a lunar eclipse, and I was almost done with the novel, and even though it wasn't what I had wanted or expected it to be -- it suffers from its age terribly -- it was still a portrait of worthwhile subjectivities.
I also read a fair portion of Ivanhoe on a beach, hardly realizing till I started it that, in fact, Sir Walter Scott is perfect beach-reading!
erikaj - Jun 28, 2006 11:53:54 am PDT #867 of 28067
Always Anti-fascist!
Believe me, there are some I'd consider. I have a crush on David Simon because of the mid-section of "A Year On The Killing Streets".
Strega - Jun 28, 2006 11:59:39 am PDT #868 of 28067
Don't you have any accidental conflations?
I can't think of any with books. With some TV shows (and DVDs, videos, whatever), if I see a particular scene again I'll sometimes get a memory-flash of where I saw it the first time, and who else was there, and often portions of the conversation we were having. Or, the other way, if I'm doing something while watching TV, the next time I do that task I'll remember what I was watching. Which I discovered back when I'd do homework with the TV on.
I get the same memory-links with music occasionally, but not as much. I suspect I give books more of my attention, and music less, while something on TV comes in close enough to the 50% mark to get linked with whatever's going on around me.
Atropa - Jun 28, 2006 12:00:14 pm PDT #869 of 28067
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have a hazy, nostalgia-tinged memory of being about nine, sitting under a tree in our back yard in early autumn, while reading Something Wicked This Way Comes. After I finished it, I went into the house and announced to my parents that it was The Best Book Ever.
Gus - Jun 28, 2006 12:00:37 pm PDT #870 of 28067
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
t biatch-slaps P-C, from two miles off, without warning
Why is Nutty's stuff always more romantic than mine?
Nevermind. I get to biatch-slaps P-C. My life is good.
Gris - Jun 28, 2006 12:01:13 pm PDT #871 of 28067
Hey. New board.
Dune and instant cheese grits will always evoke each other in my head.
Nutty - Jun 28, 2006 12:03:32 pm PDT #872 of 28067
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Why is Nutty's stuff always more romantic than mine?
Not that romantic. It was really blustery that day, and took us 2+ hours to find the stone we were looking for, though we'd parked within 100 yards of it. (It's a flat stone, in a crowded section.)
Gus - Jun 28, 2006 12:03:49 pm PDT #873 of 28067
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Dune and instant cheese grits will always evoke each other in my head.
Becuase of the water thing. I totally get that.