meara,
The Book Alcove? I live real close to that store, and it is way cool. (Reminder to self: next available Saturday, see what books you can sell there from the chair o' culled books)
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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."
Sheryl - May 05, 2004 3:51:00 pm PDT #2704 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
hun_e - May 05, 2004 6:02:19 pm PDT #2705 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
Yay! I've just been to my happy place... the library. Ahhh, twelve bucks a year for all the books you can read, seriously doesn't get any better than this. Items I picked up: Lord of the Isles by David Drake as per someone's suggestion on this thread; Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella- Bridget Jones with money issues; Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce- a fan since jr. high; Sunshine by Robin McKinley- has gotten less-than-rave reviews by readers here; and The Bone Woman by Clea Koff- non-fic tale of a forensic anthropologist who works with the UN in Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo (a real cheerful tale).
Hmmm... think I might be addicted to my library. I guess the post-school non-textbook freedom has gotten to my head. Oh well, off to watch Corner Gas.
Scrappy - May 05, 2004 6:17:04 pm PDT #2706 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Meara, you can always drive out to Reston and go to Reston's Used Bookstore--founded by MY WAY COOL MOM and her best friend 25 years ago. They sold the store to two long-time employees a couple of years ago, but it's still a really good bookstore.
Deena - May 06, 2004 4:49:04 am PDT #2707 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Hey all, popping in before the baby abuse starts to provide a warning. Stephanie Laurens got a hardback deal. She wrote historical romance paperbacks about the Cynster family and they weren't bad. I don't remember them clearly, which probably means beach readability, fun, light, not too many glaring historical errors. Unfortunately, the hardback, her first, reads like the Nikita fanfic Dana's been sharing in the fanfic thread.
If the author has one thing consistently the same, it's that she tells rather than shows. Her descriptions of the heroic couple's sexual encounters are marvels of vocabulary abuse. I found myself shrieking, "blah blah blah!" at it. The bad guy was obvious by halfway through, despite the fact that our heroes never even considered the person. Really, really bad book. Scarily bad. I read the whole thing because I'm an idiot and couldn't imagine how an author I'd previously enjoyed could change so drastically, kept thinking there'd be some last minute salvation. Unfortunately, even the happy ever after ending was boring.
I'm tempted to post this review on Amazon. It's that bad.
sumi - May 06, 2004 4:59:40 am PDT #2708 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Betsy HP - May 06, 2004 6:33:43 am PDT #2709 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Not very likely. Rowlings had a new-ish baby for the beginning of this one, she has ALWAYS run frantically late, and the publishing publicity engine hasn't geared up. By this point in the last book, the title had been leaked, tantalizing snippets were being dropped, and the book was available for preorder on Amazon.
amyparker - May 06, 2004 6:37:53 am PDT #2710 of 10002
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I read the whole thing because I'm an idiot and couldn't imagine how an author I'd previously enjoyed could change so drastically, kept thinking there'd be some last minute salvation.
Barbara Hambly, Dragonshadow. IJS.
Dana - May 06, 2004 6:52:19 am PDT #2711 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, yeah. I keep hearing bad things about the continuation of that series. I've managed to stay away from it so far.
She better not mess with Antryg, that's all I'm saying.
Katerina Bee - May 06, 2004 6:53:58 am PDT #2712 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I liked "Sunshine" just fine.
amyparker - May 06, 2004 7:03:44 am PDT #2713 of 10002
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
She better not mess with Antryg, that's all I'm saying.
Damn straight. Joanna's probably running her own business so that there's enough time to haul him to the ocean and the desert, and every so often she goes out to the shooting ranges and goes through a box of ammo, just to keep her edge.