oh, totally, Betsy.
And I just finished it. I think she rather hung Harry out to dry to make her point, but as a story it's quite a romp, and very entertaining.
Nice acronym, Mom!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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."
Consuela - Sep 09, 2004 6:54:42 pm PDT #5795 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Betsy HP - Sep 12, 2004 12:39:37 pm PDT #5796 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Can anybody recommend a good book on Carneval in Italy? I'm particularly interested in Venice (of course) and in the 1700s, but anything would help. I'm working on a piece that insists on being set there.
DavidS - Sep 12, 2004 12:47:18 pm PDT #5797 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Can anybody recommend a good book on Carneval in Italy? I'm particularly interested in Venice (of course) and in the 1700s, but anything would help. I'm working on a piece that insists on being set there.
Do you want a reference book, or fiction set there? Not focused solely on Carneval, but Jan Morris portrait of Venice is considered a classic. Jeanette Winterson's The Passion is probably her best book, and it's set during Carneval of that era.
Betsy HP - Sep 12, 2004 12:47:57 pm PDT #5798 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Reference book. Fiction I have in abundance.
Lilty Cash - Sep 12, 2004 12:49:07 pm PDT #5799 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Jeanette Winterson's The Passion is probably her best book
Respectfully disagrees and shakes head, waving copy of 'Written on the Body'. Runs away.
DavidS - Sep 12, 2004 12:51:54 pm PDT #5800 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Respectfully disagrees and shakes head, waving copy of 'Written on the Body'. Runs away.
shakes fist at disagreeful Lilty "You better run, missy!"
Lilty Cash - Sep 12, 2004 3:04:15 pm PDT #5801 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Resigns to read both again, this time back to back, but doubts view will change. Sticks out tongue.
Kate P. - Sep 12, 2004 4:05:48 pm PDT #5802 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm siding with David, though I love both books.
Betsy, I got nothing, sorry.
Alicia K - Sep 12, 2004 5:33:44 pm PDT #5803 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I finally read Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (ah, beloved paperback!) and absolutely loved it, even though at one point, with only two pages in between, she describes two females (Bink and Cynthie) through Min's eyes as having big, gray eyes and heart-shaped faces. That bugged me.
Now I'm reading Candyfreak and have laughed out loud many times, even though I'm not even to page 50 yet.
Oh, but after I typed the Crusie bit, I realized it comes out later that Cal was in love with Bink, so s it would make sense that a woman he hooked up with later would look like her.
So never mind, maybe.
NoiseDesign - Sep 12, 2004 5:36:19 pm PDT #5804 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
I'm currently about half way through Under the Banner of Heaven, which is a disturbing book, and so far quite an excellent one.