Thank you, Tom. I just couldn't care about anyone or anything, it was all so boring. It was like "Here's a guy and here's a girl and then I pissed him off and then I pissed her off and then I still tried to hang out with them and I am so authentic and awesome and also Mexico is dangerous."
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
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."
Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2009 11:05:08 am PDT #8840 of 28414
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kat - Apr 13, 2009 5:04:34 pm PDT #8841 of 28414
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Has anyone else read La Perdida by Jessica Abel? Because I really didn't like it and would like my opinion validated by a competent authority.
I thought each character was completely unlikeable. Dot' know that I'm a competent authority, but still.
Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2009 5:05:43 pm PDT #8842 of 28414
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, everyone was a dick being a dick to each other; it was annoying.
Steph L. - Apr 13, 2009 8:04:10 pm PDT #8843 of 28414
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The newesrt thing on AmazonFail that I've read (I have killer insomnia*): it was due to a coding error made by a programmer for Amazon France.
Always the French, man. Always the French.
*(Can't sleep; clown will eat me.)
beth b - Apr 13, 2009 8:21:32 pm PDT #8844 of 28414
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am thinking there are a few french novels that might put you to sleep....
Fay - Apr 13, 2009 10:59:22 pm PDT #8845 of 28414
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
A friend on LJ just made herself an awesome little icon with a cute knitted monkey in a beret, that reads 'Amazon sales listing surrender singe'.
megan walker - Apr 14, 2009 7:18:31 am PDT #8846 of 28414
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
According to Daisey's inside sources, "A guy from Amazon France got confused on how he was editing the site, and mixed up 'adult,' which is the term they use for porn, with stuff like 'erotic' and 'sexuality.'"
This is sort of funny to me in that my housemate recently asked me how strong my European linguistic skills were because they were looking for people to help them avoid this very problem.
Ginger - Apr 16, 2009 5:41:55 am PDT #8847 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A friend is looking for suggestions for books for an 11-year-old prodigy. She's an excellent musician. She loves to read and reads at an advanced level. However, in some ways she still has an 11-year-old mind. She likes fantasy, but not if it's "too scary." She thinks Harry Potter is too scary. I suggested Robin McKinley. Any other ideas?
dcp - Apr 16, 2009 5:57:41 am PDT #8848 of 28414
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Maybe:
Dragonsinger
Little Fuzzy
Mirabile
My Family and Other Animals
Barb - Apr 16, 2009 6:01:45 am PDT #8849 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
The Warriors books by Erin Hunter, maybe? I'll have to ask Abby how scary those are.
There's also Heather Brewer's The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series about a half-vampire boy struggling through middle school and early high school. The first book was called Eighth Grade Bites.
Oh, and here's one she might really have fun with-- Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs, who's one of my writing buddies.
Here's the back cover blurb:
A modern girl's comedic odyssey in a school filled with the descendants of Greek gods.
When Phoebe's mom returns from Greece with a new husband and moves them to an island in the Aegean, Phoebe's plans for her senior year and track season are ancient history. Now she must attend the uberexclusive academy, where admission depends on pedigree, namely, ancestry from Zeus, Hera, and other Greek gods. That's right, they're real, not myth, and their teen descendants are like the classical heroes-supersmart and superbeautiful with a few superpowers. And now they're on her track team! Armed only with her Nikes and the will to win, Phoebe races to find her place among the gods.
It's recommended as being for twelve and up.