These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.

Jayne ,'The Train Job'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 8:16:05 am PDT #26797 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm generally a slow reader, and easily distracted to boot. However, Hunger Games is a really easy read, and very compelling. I think I was done with the trilogy in just over a week, with very little downtime between books. I'm really glad I held off starting until the last one came out, even though it meant squinting at Literary a lot, and wondering what people were talking about.


msbelle - Mar 16, 2012 8:16:20 am PDT #26798 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

in not at all new to anyone - Scrappy is wise.

So part of the fun in maintaining 4 department heads' calendars is finding out that the travel itenerary emails are only being copied to me about half the time. Good times discovering the schedules being wrong is NOT AT ALL MY FAULT!


smonster - Mar 16, 2012 8:18:33 am PDT #26799 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Thanks, Scrappy. He can get into the lean-to on the back of my house, which has a cement floor that stays cool. I appreciate the suggestions on treats and stuff - I'll leave one of his favorite toys out with him, and a monster ball with treats in it. The yard has a fence all the way around, and he's neither a digger nor a jumper.

I don't think I'm going to be able to do this extra thing for too long - it stresses me out (and them) to mess with the animals' schedules too much, and it certainly isn't paying me enough that I can afford paying someone to come walk him and feed the cats. IDK.


Jessica - Mar 16, 2012 8:19:59 am PDT #26800 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I used to be a fast reader. Now I'm old and tired and fall asleep after about 15 pages, so even though I can read pretty fast, it takes me forever to finish a book. (I'm going to have to renew 1Q84 a bajillion times, I can tell already. I wish libraries had a way of accounting for word counts when setting due dates!)


Tom Scola - Mar 16, 2012 8:33:26 am PDT #26801 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Are the Hunger Games books available in mass-market paperbacks?


Jesse - Mar 16, 2012 8:37:22 am PDT #26802 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Now I'm old and tired and fall asleep after about 15 pages, so even though I can read pretty fast, it takes me forever to finish a book.

Me too, except Wind-Up Bird Chronicles.


Zenkitty - Mar 16, 2012 8:37:58 am PDT #26803 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

hats? tons of you crazy people think you look silly/bad in hats and YOU DO NOT!

Depends on the hat. I like hats, myself.

Hunger Games

I've considered reading them, but I can't handle things that make me cry. I want my entertainment to make me happy, damn it.


brenda m - Mar 16, 2012 8:38:15 am PDT #26804 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

Thanks, Scrappy. He can get into the lean-to on the back of my house, which has a cement floor that stays cool. I appreciate the suggestions on treats and stuff - I'll leave one of his favorite toys out with him, and a monster ball with treats in it. The yard has a fence all the way around, and he's neither a digger nor a jumper.

Yeah, that sounds like the best plan.

Are the Hunger Games books available in mass-market paperbacks?

I don't think any but the first are even out in trade paperback. Annoying. (And why I haven't read the second two.)


Jessica - Mar 16, 2012 8:41:33 am PDT #26805 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

There's a paperback boxed set - I can't remember if it's trade or mass-market sized, though.


Burrell - Mar 16, 2012 8:44:32 am PDT #26806 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Good times discovering the schedules being wrong is NOT AT ALL MY FAULT!

Let me guess... you're getting blamed anyway?