The strongest reaction I ever got to a book was on a commuter train. My seatmate was amazed by the length of Outlander, and wanted to know WHY I would read a book so long. Baffled me. Because it's good? Why else?
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 5:38:40 pm PDT #1473 of 30001
Because books.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 5:40:07 pm PDT #1474 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
WHY I would read a book so long. Baffled me. Because it's good? Why else?
Of course!
I've listened to all the audiobooks in the series. I think that means I've heard more than 200 hours of Davina Porter's voice...and loved every minute of it.
Kat - Apr 02, 2011 5:56:16 pm PDT #1475 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The strongest reaction I ever got to a book was on a commuter train. My seatmate was amazed by the length of Outlander,
Have any of you read Stiff? When I read it people were ALWAYS commenting on it. One woman was completely outraged by the concept and declared the whole thing disgusting. Though she hadn't read it.
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 5:59:29 pm PDT #1476 of 30001
Because books.
Have any of you read Stiff?
No, but I'd like to.
Though she hadn't read it.
Of course she hadn't. @@
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2011 6:03:34 pm PDT #1477 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
You people are not helping me keep my wishlists under control!
brenda m - Apr 02, 2011 6:04:55 pm PDT #1478 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Have any of you read Stiff?
She struck me as someone who would totally fit in around here.
ETA: Oh, funny thing. Last night, on the way out of a restaurant with aurelia, Kathy, ChiKat, MFN, and shrift. There were a bunch of guys in the doorway smoking. As we walked out, the bit of conversation I caught was something about how long a decapitated zombie head would last until it started (started?) degrading.
One of the guys noticed this group of women coming through and was all "you came out at just the right time!" expecting we'd be shocked or weirded out at the conversation. Oh honey, you don't even know.
DavidS - Apr 02, 2011 6:10:41 pm PDT #1479 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh honey, you don't even know.
"We only care about how long the corpse stays stiff, if you know what I mean. And by that I mean Zombie Porn."
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2011 6:12:14 pm PDT #1480 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 02, 2011 6:14:07 pm PDT #1481 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Someone so should have piped up with "the one they found in that cooler on the boat in Dawn of the Dead had clearly been out there for weeks or months, but was still capable of moving!"
aurelia - Apr 02, 2011 6:49:56 pm PDT #1482 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Heh. All I heard was something about decapitated heads, but yeah, none of us reacted at all until he spoke directly to us.