The Dirty Girls Social Club is one of the best books ever ever ever.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'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."
Aims - Sep 01, 2004 8:18:36 am PDT #5682 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Connie Neil - Sep 01, 2004 9:30:25 am PDT #5683 of 10002
brillig
I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Jingo." First off: Vimes. Any book wherein we get to spend time with Vimes is a good thing. Second: Vetinari. But mostly, Vetinari and Vimes. Watching the two of them maneuver, especially when not acknowledging they're working together, is a joy unto my soul. They're the perfect buddy movie pairing.
Lyra Jane - Sep 01, 2004 11:02:06 am PDT #5684 of 10002
Up with the sun
The Dirty Girls Social Club is one of the best books ever ever ever.
I definitely thought that was one of the better chick lit books I've read. it was nice to have a main character who was so (reasonably) angry.
I felt like she telegraphed the physical abuse a bit too much, though. I figured it out almost as soon as the character was introduced, and it made me feel like the others were idiots for not seeing it.
erikaj - Sep 01, 2004 11:29:10 am PDT #5685 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked it, but I'm with LJ. Honestly, I wish it had been Lauren's book, instead of doing it "Waiting to Exhale style" And why does that sound porny? DebetEsse, it's probably my fault you're confused, with my "David Simon likes urban carrots" popping up, like, everywhere. My bad. I'm useless today cause I sat up too late reading "Motherless Brooklyn" last night. Weird but captivating.
Alicia K - Sep 01, 2004 12:13:31 pm PDT #5686 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Done with the reading slump.
Read The Thin Pink Line, which I rather hated. Unlikeable heroine, unbelievable situation ... or, rather, unbelievable motive. Chunks of plotty goodness skimmed over, when it seemed important to the story and the character.
Am now halfway through The Robber Bride, and it's so very good.
Anne W. - Sep 01, 2004 1:35:56 pm PDT #5687 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Jingo."
One of my favorite Discworld books ever, and for exactly the reasons you mention.
hun_e - Sep 01, 2004 1:48:16 pm PDT #5688 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
I've just finished Sharon Shinn's Jenna Starborn and found it clever and entertaining. If you don't know, it's a re-make of Jane Eyre. Some times I felt she tried to stick to closely to Eyre's plot. For example, I would have liked to have seen more sex. On the other hand, I did enjoy the crazy cyborg wife and the parts where she was talking to a "reeder" recording device, addressing it as "dear reeder" as opposed to addressing the actual reader as Jane Eyre did. Also the tone and mood mirrored Eyre quite well.
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DebetEsse - Sep 01, 2004 4:07:24 pm PDT #5689 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
erika, I'm very not upset. I would not have been reading it if not for you, and, as I am enjoying muchly, all is well.
erikaj - Sep 01, 2004 4:12:51 pm PDT #5690 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Cool beans, bunky! One of us....
DebetEsse - Sep 01, 2004 4:18:46 pm PDT #5691 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yeah, as soon as I get my NetFlix mess cleaned up (and watch Farscape so I can watch the miniseries), I'm starting season 3.
I'm only to February, but the first time they mentioned the 11-year-old girl, I thought, "Adena Watson". I can't even remember her name in the book, as I read it as "Adena Watson."