Ooooh!! Am I ever!! THat looks awesome.
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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 - Jun 26, 2009 5:17:19 am PDT #9409 of 28404
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ouise - Jun 26, 2009 6:00:30 am PDT #9410 of 28404
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Eep! The website says my copy of Gothic Charm School is out for delivery! Soon it will be mine.
Aims - Jun 26, 2009 6:37:59 am PDT #9411 of 28404
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My "beach reading" for my vacay:
The Kite Runner
Oliver Twist
White Teeth
Twelfth Night
Gothic Charm School
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Woohoo!!
Fay - Jun 26, 2009 6:44:28 am PDT #9412 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oooh! I've not read White Teeth, but I read On Beauty a few weeks ago, and it knocked my socks off.
Sue - Jun 26, 2009 8:11:05 am PDT #9413 of 28404
hip deep in pie
White Teeth is awesome. Better than On Beauty, IMO.
Jesse - Jun 26, 2009 8:25:24 am PDT #9414 of 28404
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, I had the opposite opinion -- loved On Beauty, felt like I slogged through most of White Teeth. At the time, I thought it was because I couldn't relate to any of the characters, really.
Sue - Jun 26, 2009 9:17:04 am PDT #9415 of 28404
hip deep in pie
I will admit that I thought White Teeth dragged in the middle. But I loved the first and last thirds so much, it compensated.
sj - Jun 26, 2009 11:27:10 am PDT #9416 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jilli, I brought in one of your promotional bookmarks and mentioned the Gaiman name check when I went to my comic book store today. They seemed interested in carrying it.
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2009 11:28:23 am PDT #9417 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh, sj, that's a great idea. I'll see if my comic book store is interested.
sj - Jun 28, 2009 9:13:56 am PDT #9418 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jilli, there were three copies of your book on the new non-fiction table at my local Barnes and Noble.