Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
I agree. But I turn into a total prescriptivist whenever I see someone write "Here, here!" instead of "Hear, hear!" or "free reign" rather than "free rein."
True, that. But, spelling is a completely different subject than pronunciation....
ETA not saying that spelling and pronunciation are different subjects, because they really are, but they don't really belong together because they follow such different rules. And I am becoming confused once more.
mmmmm.....you said "Illuminati".....
(signed, complete and total "Illuminatus Trilogy" freak over her)
I have that book. Well, it's on a friend's bookshelf right now, but I read that book so many times in college. I tried to read it on acid once, in the mistaken assumption that I would get clued in to some scret code or something, but instead I just read the same page about 15 times.
Signed, Can Only Not Read on Acid or In Cars.
Signed, Can Only Not Read on Acid or In Cars.
I think we may have been separated at birth on this one.
What are you reading, Jesse?
I am currently looking forward to a stack of vacation reading, including two Pelecanos and I forget what else. Also probably cheesy magazines.
I'm with Skyzy on The DaVinci Code. It had some interesting ideas but was ruined by bad structure, bad dialogue, and a major plot twist that was far too predictable.
They're planning to make a movie out of The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code irritated me muchly. So much so that I didn't care if any of the ideas had anything to back them up.
The Da Vinci Code irritated me muchly. So much so that I didn't care if any of the ideas had anything to back them up.
I especially was irritated with the historical inaccuracies. Part of the bad thing about being an almost history major is that anything that isn't accurate, I notice.
I especially was irritated with the historical inaccuracies. Part of the bad thing about being an almost history major is that anything that isn't accurate, I notice.
As a former medieval history tutor, I haven't dared read the thing. I'm afraid my head would explode.
Coming in way late to the party, I finally read Weaver.
Deb, this was such a beautiful book. I was really blown away by how dense it is (in a good way). When I picked it up, I thought, "Hm, fewer than 200 pages. I'll have it finished in a day." But I just couldn't read it that fast. I was putting it down at every break to both process and savor all the information you had put in. It seemed like you picked each word to convey the maximum amount of information possible. I wish I could explain it better.
I loved the story and the characters. If I try to go on anymore, I'll just gush everywhere and make a mess. I really loved it.
Is there any recording of the music available? I'm not that familiar with traditional music, although I used to listen to my dad's Peter, Paul & Mary albums when I was a kid. I have loved the little bits of traditional music I've heard, and I think I may need to start investigating it further.