Reference book. Fiction I have in abundance.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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 - Sep 12, 2004 12:47:57 pm PDT #5798 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
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.
Hil R. - Sep 12, 2004 5:38:24 pm PDT #5805 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I read Under the Banner of Heaven a few months ago. I thought it was fascinating, and disturbing. There were a few parts where I thought he got kind of unclear with his language -- not making it clear exactly who did what, when it was kind of important -- but other than that, I also thought it was excellent.
Kate P. - Sep 12, 2004 5:40:17 pm PDT #5806 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hey Alicia, I had a question for you over in the music thread...
NoiseDesign - Sep 12, 2004 5:41:53 pm PDT #5807 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, it does take some careful reading in a few parts, but he's also covering well over 100 years of time and multiple overlapping and interrelated events. I've read a fair amount about Mormonism in the past so I knew about a lot of the stuff he's writing about but quite a bit of the information about Mormon Fundamentalists is new to me.