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Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.

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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."

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Frankenbuddha - Mar 13, 2004 4:06:37 pm PST #1331 of 10002

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also, I loved the last chapter of that book. I remember thinking that the book would be completely pointless without it.

You and Anthony Burgess both. He agreed to the cut for the US under protest, and didn't have any say about the movie, though Kubrick let him be the one to have to deal with the press about it. Why he let himself get sucked in, I don't know (he's expressed contradictory feelings about the movie), but Kubrick was an amazingly manipulative bastard. Love his movies, but as a person, not so sure. shrugs Seems to be the case with a lot of directors. The most good natured one I've ever read about is David Cronenberg, so there is NO predicting from the films they make.

Nicole - Mar 14, 2004 7:41:38 am PST #1332 of 10002

I'm getting the pig!

Just finished reading Jennifer Crusie's Bet Me. Very charming. I remember reading the first chapter on Crusie's website, and not really liking it. I take it all back.

Working on getting a co-worker to let me borrow her copy, so this is good to hear.

But Faking It is still my favorite, followed closely by Welcome to Temptation, and then Bet Me.

So far I've only read three--Getting Rid of Bradley (didn't love it), Fast Women (liked it), and Faking It (loved it). I have high hopes for Bet Me and intend to pick up Welcome to Temptation next time I'm at Target. Yes, I should have read it before Faking It. I know.

erikaj - Mar 14, 2004 8:46:05 am PST #1333 of 10002

Always Anti-fascist!

I didn't, either.

Jesse - Mar 14, 2004 10:16:32 am PST #1334 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hey, did ita or someone mention Val McDermid here recently? I'm in the middle of one of hers, due to (watch conversations come together!) the fact that I always skim the shelves in the mystery section for trade paper. I prefer paperbacks for carrying around, and trade paperbacks are usually more interesting -- old, or foreign, or just good.

Betsy HP - Mar 14, 2004 10:19:30 am PST #1335 of 10002

If I only had a brain...

Yes, I should have read it before Faking It.

Naah. No spoilers at all.

erikaj - Mar 14, 2004 10:25:33 am PST #1336 of 10002

Always Anti-fascist!

No. They're related but not that closely.

§ ita § - Mar 14, 2004 12:28:54 pm PST #1337 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Which one are you reading, Jesse? I need to go get more of hers. Maybe I'll get some transferred to my library.

Jesse - Mar 14, 2004 12:50:33 pm PST #1338 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Booked for Murder. It's with Lindsay Gordon?

§ ita § - Mar 14, 2004 1:01:29 pm PST #1339 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ah -- I'm on one from the Wire series, with Jordan and Hill.

msbelle - Mar 14, 2004 6:03:07 pm PST #1340 of 10002

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I read Girl With a Pearl Earring today. Loved it. No idea about hstorical accuracy and don't care. Loved it. Completely transported me. It was a very quick read too.

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