I love how Vimes has come to appreciate Vetinari. Vetinari's always appreciated Vimes.
True, but in Vimes' defense, it's very hard to trust and/or appreciate someone who you can't see approaching you. Doubly hard for a copper.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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."
juliana - Jul 19, 2004 10:11:09 am PDT #5204 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Jess M. - Jul 19, 2004 11:10:24 am PDT #5205 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Yeah, my mom gave me VC Andrews in middle school, and shared all my romance novels in high school (and still now, but I'm a little older) so I'm not a good judge of what books one would hide from parents/grandparents.
Nutty - Jul 19, 2004 11:33:35 am PDT #5206 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Your MOM gave you V. C. Andrews??
I mean, if could be weirder; it could be your brother giving you those books; but sheesh.
The funny part is that after Andrews died, the books written in her name didn't stop with the incest fetish. You would think it was just the author beating her personal horse, but apparently it's a whole niche market.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2004 11:58:25 am PDT #5207 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Anyone read Midsummer, by Marcelle Clements? I finished it recently, and I'm dying for another opinion, to reassure me that I'm not a crackhead.
Aims - Jul 19, 2004 12:24:32 pm PDT #5208 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The funny part is that after Andrews died, the books written in her name didn't stop with the incest fetish. You would think it was just the author beating her personal horse, but apparently it's a whole niche market.
And she died pretty early in the run. I'm pretty sure that more books have been published after her death than before it.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 19, 2004 12:40:34 pm PDT #5209 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Amanda Quick is rather racy, although I would have read them at that age. I really liked Catherine Coulter although, again, mildly racy. She actually got less racy after the 70's/early 80's run of "ORAL SEX IS THE BEST". I mean, not that it isn't but for awile there (Midsummer Magic) it was a little scary. Also, a bit of non-consensual sex. At that age, I also remember liking Julie Garwood and Fern Michaels. I do/did have a particular liking for romances wherein the protagonists have to get married for some reason and then fall n love. In fact, if anyone has any recs...
Oh-- also non-racy... Barbara Cartland.
Jess M. - Jul 19, 2004 1:00:23 pm PDT #5210 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
well, maybe gave is the wrong word. But I was never forbidden to read anything in the house, and they had these shiny covers....
askye - Jul 19, 2004 3:09:30 pm PDT #5211 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
When I was somewhere between 7th and 9th grade I read a few Amanda Quick books that were Mom's. I don't think she gave them to me so much as I picked them up and started reading.
I remember being very annoyed with her use of the phrase "all of a sudden".
Susan W. - Jul 19, 2004 9:21:57 pm PDT #5212 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Oh-- also non-racy... Barbara Cartland.
Gotta love the...presence of an ellipsis...in a post about...Barbara...and her breathless little...heroines.
Consuela - Jul 19, 2004 9:23:50 pm PDT #5213 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I'm 2/3 of the way through Set This House in Order, and now I understand why it won the Tiptree. Heh.
Sneaky.