I didn't, either.
I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?
Angel ,'Sleeper'
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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."
erikaj - Mar 14, 2004 8:46:05 am PST #1333 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
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.
Emlah - Mar 15, 2004 2:11:52 am PST #1341 of 10002
To every idea a shelf...
Not to completely commercialize the discussion, but one ending I hated was the ending of Stephen King's It. Great book, wonderful characterizations of the kids and their friendships, creepy-spooky clown in the sewer, blah, blah, and then...the "reveal" of the evil just sucked. After 1,100 pages or whatever it was, I expected something a little more sophisticated than a big fat spider. A definite against-the-wall moment for me.
That aspect of the ending doesn't bother me because I have major spider squick, so a big fat spider is pretty much the most horrible thing I can think of anyway. Except maybe a giant pulsating conjoined Mary Kate and Ashley beast. My problem with the ending is the part where all of the boys have sex with the female character when they're down in the sewers. I can't remember the exact reasoning of it, but I think it's supposed to make them closer so they can escape the tunnels or something. It felt like a major misstep and totally threw me out of the book.
juliana - Mar 15, 2004 4:46:06 am PST #1342 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It felt like a major misstep and totally threw me out of the book.
Completely agree. {whitefont}It felt like a touch of misogyny, actually. The girl's only reason for being there is to fuck the boys? Her "virgin sacrifice" is what saves them? Euw. And then she becomes the "abused woman". Double euw.