Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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."
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was sure I bought Paladin of Souls last weekend at Moe's. But now I can't find it! t sobs
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.
I was very sad to have finished it (in a 3am bout of insomnia). It was a very satisfying process, reading it.
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.
Dickens is so much fun. Wait till you get to the climax, with Miss Pross! I just love the name, Miss Pross, and the fact that she is a stout, indefatigable, middle-aged handmaiden makes it that much more enjoyable. (I am sure, unless you're on page 2, that you've already met Miss Pross.)