I'm surprised there's any still out there, Susan. When I quit Waldenbooks back in 2002, they seemed to be phasing them out even then.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Kathy A - Jun 10, 2005 7:25:32 pm PDT #7855 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Susan W. - Jun 10, 2005 8:14:25 pm PDT #7856 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm betting Signet will end their line too by the end of the year.
sumi - Jun 11, 2005 8:30:21 am PDT #7857 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I finished Paladin of Souls by staying up 'til 2:35 am Thursday night. (Luckily I had Friday off.)
The Hallowed Hunt is still in processing at the library. Any librarians here who might have an estimate on how long "processing" can take? Or is this something totally dependent on the number of books and the size of the staff involved? I'm guessing small for the size of the staff.
I don't know where on the The Hallowed Hunt list I am!
The night before that I stayed up to finish Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart. That was also really really good.
And I'm currently reading Owls Well that Ends Well by Donna Andrews. It opens at a multi-family yard sale. I was pressed to not laugh out loud while reading this at the library.
Nutty - Jun 11, 2005 6:19:24 pm PDT #7858 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I liked Perfect Circle too, sumi. Although it also creeped me out, it was pretty funny, and had an excellent sense of place (the dregs of Houston).
I am 100 pages into Little, Big and cannot yet describe what it is about. I almost said it was a novel about Edwardian fairies, but that's not really true, and the setting and characters are almost all American. Anyway, it's the sort of novel that invokes but does not define theosophy, and the sort of novel where people have mysterious numinous experiences and sort of stagger back, blown away by the mysteriousness of the world. There will be elves, later, or I miss my guess. (Not the gurly kind with the hair gel, either.)
JoeCrow - Jun 11, 2005 9:35:20 pm PDT #7859 of 10002
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Ahh, the sublimeness of Little, Big. Odds are, when you've reached the end, you still won't be able to say what it was about. Well worth the trip, though.
Volans - Jun 12, 2005 2:07:14 am PDT #7860 of 10002
move out and draw fire
The Face in the Frost is one of my all-time favorite novels
Mine too! I've only got it as an e-book though.
Consuela - Jun 12, 2005 8:00:21 am PDT #7861 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
There will be elves, later, or I miss my guess. (Not the gurly kind with the hair gel, either.)
As I recall, you may be right. Certainly I don't remember any hair gel.
I really need to reread that, it's been years. Has anyone else read Crowley's The Translator? I loved it a lot.
Lilty Cash - Jun 12, 2005 8:10:54 am PDT #7862 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good long book out in paperback to take on vacation with me? (Being on vacation, a good ol' romance would not be out of the question.)
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2005 11:53:33 am PDT #7863 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I got The Time Traveler's Wife from the library! Damn, it's long.
Also, for those of you who like YA lit and/or Veronica Mars, I've reviewed Rob Thomas's books.
DebetEsse - Jun 14, 2005 12:04:12 pm PDT #7864 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
TTW is an excellent book, P-C. Well worth reading.