Yes! That's it, Scrappy! Thank you!
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 2:47:17 pm PDT #9545 of 28432
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ginger - Jul 05, 2009 3:58:55 pm PDT #9546 of 28432
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Poor thing. He had a blighted childhood if Little Lord Fauntleroy was a highlight.
He also picked the Hardy Boys, most of which are less intellectually rigorous than comic books.
What about Roller Skates, Little Women, Johnny Tremaine and Half Magic? The Little House books, all the Melendys, E Nesbit and Rosemary Sutcliff?
erikaj - Jul 05, 2009 4:19:20 pm PDT #9547 of 28432
Always Anti-fascist!
It's not his usual beat...he's usually trying to get justice for underage foreign prostitutes or something, isn't he? In which case anything without "Me love you long time." looks like a Win, I don't doubt.(I may be a horrible person for typing that; please forgive me.) "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry..."(Just so I don't completely go to Media Special Hell for cracking on Kristof.) I also liked "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" as a teen, but I went to an early-seventies vintage high school, and there was a certain duality to my high school experience that might have made that one a draw for me at the time. Also "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"(for teens, not kids...are we thinking kid-kids?)
Steph L. - Jul 05, 2009 4:30:43 pm PDT #9548 of 28432
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oooh... where's Teppy? From his blog post:
So now it’s your turn. What are your favorite children’s books, and why would you recommend them? Some readers will undoubtedly come for ideas, so be detailed and persuasive. And of course, kids are welcome to list their own favorites. But if you mention a comic book, I’m going to report you to your school librarian!
What a dicksmack.
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2009 4:35:12 pm PDT #9549 of 28432
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished Jilli's book and have pimped it, verily.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 05, 2009 4:42:15 pm PDT #9550 of 28432
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
P-C, do me one favor; remove my LJ link from after my name. I've never made it a widely known fact publicly that I have an LJ.
Thanks.
What a dicksmack.
Ah, Teppy, you wordsmith. May I also suggest one of my new favorites; Bitchwaffle.
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2009 4:47:31 pm PDT #9551 of 28432
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, do me one favor; remove my LJ link from after my name. I've never made it a widely known fact publicly that I have an LJ.
No problem.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 05, 2009 4:57:59 pm PDT #9552 of 28432
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Much obliged.
Steph L. - Jul 05, 2009 4:58:35 pm PDT #9553 of 28432
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What a dicksmack.
Ah, Teppy, you wordsmith.
It's an art.
May I also suggest one of my new favorites; Bitchwaffle.
An art which you seem to have mastered.
Kathy A - Jul 05, 2009 6:24:31 pm PDT #9554 of 28432
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I can't remember the names of any of my school librarians, but I loved them all and (I think) they loved me, just because I was such a regular patron. My junior high librarian had a "Frodo Lives" plaque over her desk, and I remember asking her what that meant.
I read all of Marguerite Henry's books that we had in the library by the end of sixth grade, and made my way through Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes by the end of eighth grade, as well as so many other writers.
My 3-5 grade school's library had a great set of bios of famous children, most of which were mythologized/created out of thin air (Virginia Dare and others whom had nothing factual about their childhood, as well as Ben Franklin, Lincoln, and Washington, which embraced the myths developed later). Sure, they were mostly fiction, but they were well-written and made me want to read more about them when I got older.