I got books for my birthday; is that close enough?
Buffy: Dancing with you is way better than trying to hook up with some good-looking guy. Xander: I think I liked it more when you were kicking me in my puffy groin.
'Get It Done'
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."
amyparker - Dec 29, 2003 2:29:02 pm PST #336 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.
erikaj - Dec 29, 2003 2:34:54 pm PST #337 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I'd say. sj, you should read more Atwood...she writes about women as if we matter. Even if "Cat's Eye" did remind me of an unfortunate friend from sixth grade.
sj - Dec 29, 2003 2:45:16 pm PST #338 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yeah, I'd say. sj, you should read more Atwood...she writes about women as if we matter. Even if "Cat's Eye" did remind me of an unfortunate friend from sixth grade.
I have plenty of books of hers to read, they are in my huge to read pile. I tried to read her latest, Oryx and Crake, but I couldn't get into it.
Volans - Dec 29, 2003 3:05:14 pm PST #339 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Shadows Over Baker Street, which is a Sherlock Holmes/H.P. Lovecraft cross-over.
Now THIS sounds cool.
I got Simon Winchester's The Map That Changed the World and an odd book by salon.com author Mary Roach called Stiff: The Curious Life of the Human Cadaver. I feel a leetle bit weird with that one, but it's verra interesting. If gross in places.
Yay on the review, deb!
Atropa - Dec 29, 2003 3:08:02 pm PST #340 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Shadows Over Baker Street, which is a Sherlock Holmes/H.P. Lovecraft cross-over.
I wanted it because it has stories by Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z. Brite, and Caitlin Kiernan. (My shameful confession? I've never read any Sherlock Holmes. Ever. I'll get around to it one of these days.)
victor infante - Dec 29, 2003 3:16:59 pm PST #341 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Shadows Over Baker Street, which is a Sherlock Holmes/H.P. Lovecraft cross-over.
We picked this up for ourselves while Christmas shopping, but I haven't read it yet. I'm terribly behind on the whole reading thing.
(My shameful confession? I've never read any Sherlock Holmes. Ever. I'll get around to it one of these days.)
You should. Knowing what I do of your tastes, I suspect you'd enjoy them immensely. Particularly "Hound of the Baskervilles," which is cool and eerie and moody.
Also, while neither a book nor a gift, Thessaly and I picked up the "Illuminati" game the other day, which used to be one of my favorites and I've missed terribly. Game night, anyone?
deborah grabien - Dec 29, 2003 3:29:54 pm PST #342 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(My shameful confession? I've never read any Sherlock Holmes. Ever. I'll get around to it one of these days.)
Butbutbutbutbut - the footprints of an enormous hound! Cocaine and violins! Short monographs! Irene Adler!
Victorian London fog!
deborah grabien - Dec 29, 2003 3:31:03 pm PST #343 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
the "Illuminati" game
Oh. my. stars and garters.
Based on the trilogy? Yes?
Volans - Dec 29, 2003 3:34:57 pm PST #344 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Based on the trilogy.
Victor, did you get the original game, or the reprint? And heck yeah, game night!
Megan E. - Dec 29, 2003 3:35:59 pm PST #345 of 10002
I tried to read her latest, Oryx and Crake, but I couldn't get into it.
It takes a while to grow on you but it's worth the struggle. I found the structure of O&C very similar to The Blind Assassin, with storylines from the present day and the past being melded together in opposing chapters.