I so want to take part in this discussion in a more meaningful way, but I would really need to reread to do so. It's been a couple years now, and my memory is pretty pathetic on the best of days. I do remember also feeling like something wasn't quite right with the reveal; I agreed with Nutty's whitefont about the explanation seeming a little mealy-mouthed, but in the end I bought it. I do remember really and truly enjoying the book and loving the "house", especially when its inconsistencies become apparant toward the end.
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
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."
Pix - Sep 24, 2004 8:35:20 am PDT #6008 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
Consuela - Sep 24, 2004 8:38:47 am PDT #6009 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, what's DID?
Nutty - Sep 24, 2004 8:50:38 am PDT #6010 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dissociative Identity Disorder -- the official (newish) name for multiple personality.
Consuela - Sep 24, 2004 8:51:55 am PDT #6011 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Aha, thank you. I thought it must be something like that but I had never heard that acronym.
Anne W. - Sep 24, 2004 9:17:38 am PDT #6012 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Has anyone read/is anyone reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell right now? I'm about 200 pages into it and enjoying it muchly. Currently, I kinda-sorta think (unspoiled speculation) that Mr. Childermass is actually the Raven King.
The book as a whole reminds me very, very much of Thackeray, and I can't help but think that Thackeray would have enjoyed reading it.
P.M. Marc - Sep 24, 2004 9:18:44 am PDT #6013 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
Has anyone read/is anyone reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell right now?
Me! Me! I'm quite enjoying it.
Anne W. - Sep 24, 2004 9:20:39 am PDT #6014 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I have a feeling I'll finish it over the weekend. In a way, I wish that I had acquired this as an audiobook, since the prose is of the sort that would sound wonderful read aloud, preferably by a member of the RSC.
lisah - Sep 24, 2004 9:24:47 am PDT #6015 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
In a way, I wish that I had acquired this as an audiobook, since the prose is of the sort that would sound wonderful read aloud, preferably by a member of the RSC.
I heard the writer read a section of it on the Diane Rehm show last week and it was completely mesmerizing! I'm so looking forward to reading it but I have a big, newly purchased TBR pile and so am restraining myself. Right now I'm reading the Time Traveller's Wife. It's pretty good.
Susan W. - Sep 24, 2004 9:36:33 am PDT #6016 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Has anyone read/is anyone reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell right now?
DH bought it and has started it, but I'm waiting until I've caught up a little more on my library books. (Also, it just doesn't work for us to read a book at the same time. We've been known to buy two copies of new Harry Potters to lessen marital bickering.)
beathen - Sep 24, 2004 10:13:33 am PDT #6017 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
We've been known to buy two copies of new Harry Potters to lessen marital bickering.Have you thought about buying one and borrowing the second copy from the library? That way you still keep one when you both are done.
(btw I love the Harry Potter books!)