Connie, you're mooshing up two sisters, which is easy to do. Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge both wrote romances; Joan also wrote magnificent kids' books. I prefer Jane Aiken Hodge's romances, at least the early ones.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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 - Apr 29, 2005 4:11:17 pm PDT #7559 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Gandalfe - Apr 29, 2005 4:20:14 pm PDT #7560 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Alas, Megan, I did not have time this e'en to check. See, I was running for my train, when I had to stop and help a poor little crippled puppy cross the street and find it's momm . . . . OK, not even I believe this. Honestly, I spaced it. I'll try in the morning.
Amy - Apr 29, 2005 4:33:32 pm PDT #7561 of 10002
Because books.
There's a new book by a new author-- Veil of Night, by Lydia Joyce
I just started it and it's definitely good, but it's not quite as gothicy as I'd like. YgothicMV
Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2005 5:58:18 pm PDT #7562 of 10002
brillig
Connie, you're mooshing up two sisters, which is easy to do.
Grr, and I spent time going "Joan or Jane, Joan or Jane, you know this, you own most of her books." Bah.
Have you read what I think is her most recent (blanking on the title), where she went back to a book she put aside in the 50s and finished it in the late 90s? It completely twists all the expectations you'd have of a gothic, because she left the first half alone and finished it very much in the mode of a modern romance. People even swear! Of course, people swore in "Strangers in Company," too. I first read it in high school, and my mind completely skipped over the villain snarling "Fuck your feet" to his complaining cohort. I stared at the page for a good minute when I re-read it a year or so ago, wondering how I'd missed it.
P.M. Marc - Apr 29, 2005 8:40:21 pm PDT #7563 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
Jilli, it occurs to me that my mother has a HUGE stash of the things. Don't know why I didn't remember that at dinner.
Atropa - Apr 29, 2005 8:42:33 pm PDT #7564 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, it occurs to me that my mother has a HUGE stash of the things. Don't know why I didn't remember that at dinner.
Oooh! Could you raid them for me?
You didn't remember this at dinner because you were too busy going Ohgodohgod sushi, finally!
P.M. Marc - Apr 29, 2005 9:15:35 pm PDT #7565 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
That's a good point.
She's got a bunch of the things, if I can track them down (the basement is a mess), and I'm sure she'd let me steal them.
Megan E. - Apr 30, 2005 7:40:25 am PDT #7566 of 10002
Alas, Megan, I did not have time this e'en to check.
No worries! I appreciate the offer; just whenever you have the time.
Gandalfe - Apr 30, 2005 8:44:25 am PDT #7567 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
OK, Megan. They have #s 6 thru 10, used. 3 of them (I think 6, 7, and 10) are $3, and the other 2 are $2.50. So, total for all 5 of those is $14 + shipping.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 30, 2005 9:26:24 am PDT #7568 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oops, just found the paperback I was thinking of, and it was volume 2 instead of 8 or 9. I must have been conflating my copy with one a former roommate owned.