I think my favorite is Memory. Cause, man alive, did Miles NEED that.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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 - Jan 14, 2004 6:42:12 am PST #507 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Ouise - Jan 14, 2004 6:44:17 am PST #508 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
My favourite is Memory, as well. Even though (or maybe because?) I find the opening section almost excruciating to read.
P.M. Marc - Jan 14, 2004 6:48:56 am PST #509 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I mostly associate "preternatural" with the wacky linguistic stylings of the early years of Spy magazine.
Huh. I think I associate it with Smallville recaps. (Preternaturally pretty.)
Calli - Jan 14, 2004 6:53:02 am PST #510 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Memory is good. But I have a deep fondness for Brothers in Arms as well. Miles is a classic example of a character I love to read about, but couldn't stand to be around extensively in real life. His cousin Ivan, on the other hand, I'd gladly ride like a merry-go-round pony.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2004 6:57:49 am PST #511 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Miles is wound way too tight to be pleasant to be around in person. Reading about him, on the other hand, is pure pleasure.
I really love the two Cordelia books, even if she is a little too perfect. After all, there's Shopping!
Consuela - Jan 14, 2004 7:05:56 am PST #512 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Even though (or maybe because?) I find the opening section almost excruciating to read.
God, yes, Ouise. I told Theodosia this weekend that every time I read Memory I come to the part where he's going to send the report in and I start yelling at the book, "Don't hit send! You fool, don't send it!" But he always does. Stupidass genius mutant teratogenically affected double-agent.
And Betsy's right: Miles did need that, but it was so painful to read.
Raquel, Mirror Dance won't make nearly as much sense if you don't read Brothers in Arms first. I highly recommend that you do so. I mean, it'll make sense, but those two are best read in order.
Gus - Jan 14, 2004 7:11:31 am PST #513 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Bujold: The dinner party in "A Civil Campaign" is the funniest bit of farce ever captured on paper. Big, belly-shakin' guffaws, every time I read it.
Jessica - Jan 14, 2004 7:52:49 am PST #514 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Raquel, Mirror Dance won't make nearly as much sense if you don't read Brothers in Arms first. I highly recommend that you do so. I mean, it'll make sense, but those two are best read in order.
I second that.
deborah grabien - Jan 14, 2004 8:08:23 am PST #515 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Except on every other page of Anne Rice's books! At least, such is my memory of them.
I'll take your word for it. I managed exactly three of hers - Interview, Feast of All Saints, and one of her porn books - and promptly expunged as much of her from my memory banks as I could manage.
Do you know, I've never read Laurel Hamilton? Too many I people whose opinions I trust telling me not to bother.
Atropa - Jan 14, 2004 8:18:12 am PST #516 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And JILLI: if you have any hankering to read Blackwood Farm, I'll send you my copy. Let me know.
Thank you, but I found a copy for super-cheap at a used book store. I'm about half-way through, and find it entertaining in a junk-food sort of way. Besides, Lestat's line about "Goth? Isn't that what they're calling all of us snappy antique dressers nowadays?" made me smile.