Is it Fanchon, the cricket? I haven't read it.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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."
-t - Jun 01, 2005 9:53:23 am PDT #7811 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Vonnie K - Jun 01, 2005 10:02:55 am PDT #7812 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Possibly. That amazon site has no plot description so I'm not sure.
Googling Fanchon the Cricket tells me that it's another title for a book called La Petite Fadette. Hmmm.
ETA: Googling La Petite Fadette gives me a story description in French, and my French is just passable enough to understand that this is the book I'm looking for, so thanks!
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2005 8:46:27 pm PDT #7813 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I finished the latest Chalion-universe book, The Hallowed Hunt (I sprung for the hardback, since I liked the first two so much), and liked it again. Different pacing from the first two, and the theo/mythology is both new and thicker, so the end got a bit tangled. Still, fun.
Want more.
Volans - Jun 02, 2005 9:37:17 pm PDT #7814 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Plate of shrimp - the friend who introduced me to the Vorkosigan books just sent me Curse of Chalion with orders to read it.
I wonder if she lurks here? Or maybe it's just the universe's way of saying I need some reading time.
brenda m - Jun 03, 2005 4:00:01 am PDT #7815 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I just read that recently and really liked it, but I havent' been able to get my hands on the second. Will try again, now that you've reminded me.
Ginger - Jun 03, 2005 4:20:33 am PDT #7816 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My copy of The Hallowed Hunt got here yesterday. I really want to skip that whole working thing and read it instead. I just reread the other two and still found them to be wonderful. I'm not a big fantasy fan, but I'd probably tackle "Football Plays Explained" or "Collecting Barb Wire" if she wrote them.
Consuela - Jun 03, 2005 4:49:53 am PDT #7817 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I was sure I bought Paladin of Souls last weekend at Moe's. But now I can't find it! t sobs
JohnSweden - Jun 03, 2005 5:20:35 am PDT #7818 of 10002
I can't even.
I sprung for the hardback, since I liked the first two so much
This is likely to be me, however (checks calendar) I may be covered if I can wait a bit. Hmm. I don't have that much willpower, but maybe I can forget about it for a couple of weeks if I try.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2005 5:30:25 am PDT #7819 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was very sad to have finished it (in a 3am bout of insomnia). It was a very satisfying process, reading it.
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2005 7:18:06 am PDT #7820 of 10002
brillig
I'm reading "Tale of Two Cities" for the first time. You know, this Dickens fellow has quite a way with words. I think he'll go far.