Thanks to whoever mentioned Dennis Lehane. His work should help me get through till new-to-me Homicide comes out...I stayed up too late last night reading (memfault) Island.I'll tell myself I won't again, but probably. Just, damn. Nice echoes of Bayliss-in-pain, imo.Not the same pain, but the same feel, if you get me.And I don't(quite) mean porn.
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.
River ,'Safe'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
erikaj - Mar 03, 2004 5:00:42 pm PST #1084 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Angus G - Mar 04, 2004 1:44:31 am PST #1085 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Shutter Island, Erika? I liked that one, although I was a bit thrown by people using the phrase "anger management" in, what was it, the 1950s?
erikaj - Mar 04, 2004 4:57:09 am PST #1086 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
That's true...that's not quite right.You'd think it wouldn't be hard to find out what terminology was in vogue.But the ending threw me, and I flatter myself I'm good at that. And he writes like a dream...a scary, upsetting dream, but hey...
Calli - Mar 04, 2004 5:57:45 am PST #1087 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just read Lehane's Gone, Baby, Gone a couple of weeks ago. The man ripped my heart out in the last couple of chapters. I was deeply impressed. I won't be reading another one of his books for a little while, until the first one settles. But it was a good mystery.
Betsy HP - Mar 04, 2004 7:55:07 am PST #1088 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Oh, thank you, java cat. That means a lot.
Beverly - Mar 04, 2004 9:58:27 am PST #1089 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, Betsy, she's right.
Also: Anne W. 's Neverwhere DVDs are going back to her shortly, unless someone wants to take her up on her offer of loan. Email her at her profile addy if you'd like them next.
deborah grabien - Mar 04, 2004 1:01:04 pm PST #1090 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Well, Betsy, she's right.
Haven't read the book, so I can't make that comparison.
I can, however, say flat out that Betsy does this better than damned enar anyone out there, and ought to have her own column.
msbelle - Mar 04, 2004 5:27:54 pm PST #1091 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just started reading A Gracious Plenty by Shari Reynolds for bookclub. I think this will be the third book we have read in about 12 months that has voices of the dead as part of the narrative. I am liking it so far.
I also just bought from my faboo street guy (who is finally back after the long winter hiatus) - an older version (1930) than what I have of Nancy Drew #1, The Secret of the Old Clock, bonus, it has the dustjacket. Also, Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, which I have never even heard of, but it is a Newbery, so I figured it would be good to have in the YA library.
Gus - Mar 07, 2004 7:36:23 am PST #1092 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Java cat - Mar 07, 2004 4:50:11 pm PST #1093 of 10002
Not javachik
I read Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie, on Saturday, and it's wonderful. It reads like a smart screwball comedy. Also, I was tickled that at the very, very end, a black lab-mix dog nicknamed The Beast makes a very brief appearance.