Yes, I should have read it before Faking It.
Naah. No spoilers at all.
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
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."
Betsy HP - Mar 14, 2004 10:19:30 am PST #1335 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
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.
Fred Pete - Mar 15, 2004 4:52:44 am PST #1343 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
On board with Emlah and juliana, though IMO Beverly's father had more to do with future abuse than her experience with the boys.
Of course, taking the rationale to its logical conclusion, some of the boys would have had to have sex with each other. And that'd never happen in a King novel. It isn't like he showed any clue about homosexuality until at least Insomnia.
megan walker - Mar 15, 2004 6:19:25 am PST #1344 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Hate to say it (well, not really), but I told you so...
I kept meaning to see the movie but never got around to it, despite Colin Firth. Is it still playing in theaters here?