So far I'm eeeh. We'll see if it grows on me, but I haven't laughed out loud yet.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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 - Oct 03, 2004 7:38:23 pm PDT #6092 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
victor infante - Oct 03, 2004 8:10:09 pm PDT #6093 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
We talking "Hatful of Sky?" It's not as funny as some of the others, but it's a good little story. The treatment of Granny Weatherax toward the end is marvelous, and there's at least one genuinely scary moment.
JoeCrow - Oct 03, 2004 8:22:41 pm PDT #6094 of 10002
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
No, the new one, "Going Postal". I dug it. Pratchett seems to get sharper and sharper with his characters every time. There were some soft bits in the plot itself, but overall, a stellar piece of work. No surprise there.
Jim - Oct 03, 2004 11:22:58 pm PDT #6095 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Somebody tell me what's on the Entertainment film in Infinite Jest so I can appease my Bayliss nature and still go on with my life without flagellating over this 1000 pages again?
SPOILER
It never says. It can't, cos the only people who know are either Himself (dead, possibly a ghost), the viewers (catatonic) and arguably Hal (who after he sees the Entertainment is incapable of communicating with anyone, in my reading, although other people think he never saw it and freaked out because the mold he ate as a boy metastatized into DMZ). Mario might well know, but he's not telling.
Joelle/Madame Psychosis remembers being in it dressed as a heavily pregnant bride rocking the camera back and forth and apologising, while Himself fiddled with some kind of Annular lenses.
erikaj - Oct 04, 2004 5:32:51 am PDT #6096 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
- Thank* you...months of my life that I'm gonna be begging for as I lie dying...well, never mind. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid, at least.I'm through trying to Impress with my reading matter, though.
hun_e - Oct 07, 2004 8:11:27 pm PDT #6097 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
It's been awhile since the last post so I thought I'd re-break the ice by mentioning that Sophie Kinsella's newest book in the Shopaholic series, Shopaholic and Sister is out. And I didn't even know it was coming out! Stopped by the bookstore today and there it was... woo hoo! Finally something to spend that birthday gift certificate on.
Aims - Oct 07, 2004 8:18:56 pm PDT #6098 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I just read Confessions and Manhattan. What did you think of them?
Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2004 8:20:59 pm PDT #6099 of 10002
brillig
I flipped through that Shopaholic book and felt like I was reading an "I Love Lucy" episode. I hate "I Love Lucy." The infantalized woman who insists on lying to everyone so she doesn't get yelled at for doing dumb things. "Oh, I can't confess that all my credit cards are maxed out and I agreed to have Hubby do something without asking him first."
I lack the chicklit gene. And compulsive shopping sounds as boring as Dan Quayle.
hun_e - Oct 07, 2004 8:56:13 pm PDT #6100 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
I enjoyed them Aimee. Have you read Ties the Knot?
Personally I relate to the character in her overspending ways (though I'm not nearly as bad)...
Are they fluff? Absolutely.
But sometimes that's nice...
plus I like the ways that Becky gets out of her scrapes.
She's like Bridget Jones, except obsessed with money instead of weight...
What about you?
Aims - Oct 07, 2004 9:07:47 pm PDT #6101 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Have you read Ties the Knot?
I've "knot" yet.
t slaps knee and guffaws mightily
I loved the first one but Manhattan irritated me until she finally got a clue. I overspend as well. I am lucky in that I only have one $400 credit card. I have been finding that I am enjoying British novels more and more than their American counterparts. Jane Green is a new favorite.