You certainly aren't, Plei.
I can't place the book, Deena. Sorry.
Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --
Mal ,'War Stories'
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 - Apr 29, 2004 9:55:47 am PDT #2484 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
justkim - Apr 29, 2004 10:14:48 am PDT #2485 of 10002
Another social casualty...
Oh, Deena, I remember this. Damn. I don't remember the author, but I think the title was The Practical Princess ? Maybe? I remember it was "The something-that-begins-with-P Princess". Practical? Prudent? Hell. Off to check Amazon.
Edit: Yes!
Dani - Apr 29, 2004 10:15:32 am PDT #2486 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
I don't remember that book either, Deena. You could post it on Fiction-L, and see if it pings anyone's memory there.
[ETA: xpost, of course!]
Just finished Laurie King's latest standalone, Keeping Watch, and really enjoyed it. It's tied in with Folly, but you don't need to have read that to follow the plot.
About half of the book is a pretty standard (but still well done) Vietnam vet memoir, the other half is a mystery involving an abused child, and whether he's turned out to be as psychotic as his abuser. Creepy and very good at making you second-guess everything the kid does.
Deena - Apr 29, 2004 10:21:41 am PDT #2487 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Thanks, Kim, you're awesome. I'm going to add that to my list of things to get for Kara as she grows.
Aims - Apr 29, 2004 10:52:04 am PDT #2488 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Is it completely silly to make an Amazon wish list for the baby?
Pix - Apr 29, 2004 10:52:33 am PDT #2489 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
No, it's wonderful!
Dani - Apr 29, 2004 10:58:17 am PDT #2490 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Aimee, what a fabulous idea!
And that reminds me, I have a couple of parenting books I'm looking to pass on.
Sears / The breastfeeding book
Eliot / What's going on in there?
If any of the currently/recently sprogged Buffistas want them, just send an email to my profile address.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2004 10:58:28 am PDT #2491 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The best Arthur book to me, aside from Mallory, is Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset, with Arthur as a chieftain trying to hold civilization together in post-Roman Britain. Rosemary Sutcliff is one of my favorites anyway; her books set me off on my adolescent obsession with Roman Britain.
Ginger, sistah! I pimp Sutcliff whenever I can, and I'm bummed that much of her Roman Britain stuff is OOP.
I know I'm not the only former SR fan who stopped bothering to buy his stuff after repeat disappointments.
Indeed not. I came close to throwing one of the Callahan's collections across the room. Something about brothels and a nuclear bomb, and it was just awful. Granted, the Callahan's books were never brilliant, but they just got worse and worse. I won't read him anymore, although I adored Stardancer when I was 15.
I didn't splurge at Powell's too much, but I did get 5 books. I'll do the full list when I'm at home so I get the authors right.
Aims - Apr 29, 2004 11:01:33 am PDT #2492 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dani, I would love them!!
Dani - Apr 29, 2004 11:06:46 am PDT #2493 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
I think I still have your address filed away from the sekrit gift exchange, Aimee. Let me check & if I can't find it I'll email you.
The breastfeeding book is particularly good for practical advice, if you don't mind a little crunchy-granola. The other one is a fascinating (and accessible) read about neurological development.