Just finished Val McDermid's The Mermaids Singing. ita, did you say you didn't realize the author was a woman? That's funny in light of the big reveal in the book, huh?
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Jesse - Apr 30, 2004 4:47:58 pm PDT #2550 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2004 5:04:03 pm PDT #2551 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gah! Can't read the white font, since the book is lying at my feet, currently unopened.
This weekend. Will complete.
Jesse - Apr 30, 2004 5:06:20 pm PDT #2552 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, funny. I figured that was the first one you read, since isn't it the first one in a series?
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2004 5:08:25 pm PDT #2553 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes, it is. But I've started watching the series in the middle, so I figured I'd just read whatever I found.
I have seen the episode based on it, but I'm so curious about the differences between it and the book that I want to go in quasi-fresh.
Jesse - Apr 30, 2004 5:11:06 pm PDT #2554 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you've seen the show based on the book, you should be able to read the whitefont without fear.
The book totally kicks ass. Now I have to see if my friend who works for the publisher can hook me up with more.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2004 5:21:31 pm PDT #2555 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::checks whitefont::
Ha! Yes, that's a very good point, Jesse.
I read Kickback, and kinda didn't like it. The heroine is too self-conscious. I never wash my short blonde hair, if you get my meaning -- her first person POV seemed too external. I am still reading Blue Genes, though. It's my car book.
Beverly - Apr 30, 2004 9:09:48 pm PDT #2556 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
How much do I love the fact that someone else has "car books"? Actually, mine at the moment is a purse book. I got half a chapter read in line at the PO today.
sj - Apr 30, 2004 9:42:23 pm PDT #2557 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hmm. Trying to be open-minded, but can't imagine anything replacing the '95 miniseries as the OTP&P adaptation.
Me either. I also really can't picture anyone but Colin Firth as Darcy. The Bridget Jones Diary sealed it for me, he is Darcy to me.
flea - May 01, 2004 1:41:08 am PDT #2558 of 10002
information libertarian
I expect to be beaten for this, but: I don't find Colin Firth sexy in the slightest. As Darcy, or as anyone else.
Also, I like Keira Knightley well enough, but I am already getting tired of her Gwyneth levels of overexposure.
In book news, I am reading the New Yorker. Oh, I did read a book 3 weeks ago - a new-to-me Georgette Heyer, Regency Buck, in a very nice UK paperback edition courtesy of Nutty (not 'Butty' as I originally typed). Not my favorite Heyer - hero too superior and always frickin' right, and the heavy use of actual historical figures as characters took some geting used to - but kicked the ass of most books of its type nonetheless.
Megan E. - May 01, 2004 2:54:58 am PDT #2559 of 10002
NovaChild, I just started reading HP book 4 and just got to the Avra Kadavra part! Spooky timing. =)