Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.

'Safe'


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."


Aims - May 14, 2009 4:44:02 pm PDT #9120 of 28405
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Yeah, it does.


shrift - May 14, 2009 4:55:02 pm PDT #9121 of 28405
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

wrong thread!


sarameg - May 14, 2009 4:58:00 pm PDT #9122 of 28405

You must find an interview with Cleary. Ramona was very dear to me, and I love Cleary for creating her. She really speaks kid. That wiki is very... dry. Doesn't convey Ramonaness.


Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:05:17 pm PDT #9123 of 28405
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yeah, that wiki does not at all tell what Ramona's about.


Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 5:11:37 pm PDT #9124 of 28405
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

And didn't (a VERY young, pre Baron Munchausen) Sarah Polley play Ramona in a TV series? Or was that a different Ramona?


Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:14:36 pm PDT #9125 of 28405
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Here's a sample Ramona chapter. None of the parts that I remember as my favorite parts are in any of the sample chapters, but this one seems rather Ramona-ish. [link]

Another one, from a few books earlier: [link]


javachik - May 14, 2009 5:37:18 pm PDT #9126 of 28405
Our wings are not tired.

One of the highlights of my yut as a little girl living in Hilo, HA was when Beverly Cleary visited my school. She read a loud to us for an hour and gave us all signed books.


Kat - May 14, 2009 5:41:02 pm PDT #9127 of 28405
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

java! I didn't know you grew up in Hilo! Neat!


Amy - May 14, 2009 5:41:52 pm PDT #9128 of 28405
Because books.

Hey, java, that reminds me, did you ever find the Susannah Moore books?


javachik - May 14, 2009 5:57:22 pm PDT #9129 of 28405
Our wings are not tired.

Yup, Kat!

Nope, Amy!