Life of Pi is one of those phenomenon (phenomena?) that just breezed right past me. I didn't read it, and I'm not particularly interested in the movie. No idea why.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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 - Sep 09, 2013 5:01:04 pm PDT #4754 of 30000
Because books.
§ ita § - Sep 09, 2013 5:04:47 pm PDT #4755 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The movie. I just...zero care there. I'm assuming it's clear the tiger thing didn't happen, which would have irritated me if I'd cared.
Kat - Sep 09, 2013 5:29:48 pm PDT #4756 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I enjoyed the book, mainly because it reminded me of a more entertaining Poisonwood Bible in structure. But backwards. (PB is all interesting stuff in half 1, stupid navelgazing in half 2). The CGI in the movie trailers I saw were unimpressive and I've never seen the movie.
Amy - Sep 09, 2013 5:37:08 pm PDT #4757 of 30000
Because books.
Barbara Kingsolver is another writer I've always meant to read and never have. That list is so long now.
Ginger - Sep 09, 2013 5:45:23 pm PDT #4758 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Dear characters in Under the Dome:
Lie to psychopathic killers! Lie!
Steph L. - Sep 09, 2013 5:46:50 pm PDT #4759 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think you could expand that exhortation to pretty much anyone.
Cass - Sep 09, 2013 6:00:03 pm PDT #4760 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Barbara Kingsolver is another writer I've always meant to read and never have.
I tried so hard with her.
"Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law" when they are supposed to mean "anything you say can/may be used against you in a court of law".
The first is so antagonistic to me. The second just sounds more like if you say something, we can run with it. I prefer to think I live in the later. Because I am just that idealistic and delusional.
Kat - Sep 09, 2013 6:00:42 pm PDT #4761 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have a whole THING about Kingsolver. I really loved her early Arizona/NM books. It's gone downhill since then. I did not like Poisonwood Bible. I hated Animal Vegetable Mineral. Lacuna was annoying as shit. And the most recent was meh. Why do I keep reading her work? Because I loved Animal Dreams so much.
Amy - Sep 09, 2013 6:10:17 pm PDT #4762 of 30000
Because books.
I have Animal Dreams! I've just never read it.
Kat - Sep 09, 2013 6:12:03 pm PDT #4763 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
That's the only one I'd recommend. I STILL think of that book -- Loyd (with one L only) and genetics and quince. Hell, I should re-read it.