Let us never speak of it again.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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."
DXMachina - Jul 09, 2005 2:51:00 pm PDT #8090 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Lilty Cash - Jul 09, 2005 3:05:53 pm PDT #8091 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Crappity!
By the time I get back for Harry Potter discussion. You folks will be so over it.
DavidS - Jul 09, 2005 3:27:49 pm PDT #8092 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I found out today why I haven't been able to buy a copy of Howl's Moving Castle since we saw the movie. It's been sold out for the last month. The publisher cancelled a special movie tie-in cover because they didn't think the movie would generate much interest. So...while the movie is in the theaters, you can't buy a copy of the book.
So. Fucking. Stupid.
Sheryl - Jul 09, 2005 5:56:51 pm PDT #8093 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Hec,
Huh. well, now I'm glad I got the SF Book Club 2-in-1 edition with that and "Castle in the Air"
And in Harry Potter news, apparently the con I'm going to has "HP&THBP goes on sale" as a scheduled item.(Midnight Friday. Why then? I dunno)
Volans - Jul 09, 2005 9:50:22 pm PDT #8094 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I dreamt last night that they made Harry Potter into a stage musical, and it actually was pretty good.
This book [link] is going to be my next purchase, although the comparisons to "Da Vinci Code" turn me off. But it looks like that's just publisher-hype.
dcp - Jul 09, 2005 11:03:46 pm PDT #8095 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Raquel, have you read any of Gerald Durrell's books? He lived in Corfu for about five years in the 1930s and has some great tales about growing up as an ex-pat among the Greeks. I recently finished the Durrell biography by Douglas Botting, and the differences between Durrell's account of events and Botting's are fascinating.
Sheryl - Jul 10, 2005 5:54:14 am PDT #8096 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
"My family, and other animals" is a great book. (Not sure if that's one of the Corfu books you meant, dcp, but that's what came to mind)
Ginger - Jul 10, 2005 6:03:17 am PDT #8097 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I love Gerald Durrell's books, particularly My Family and Other Animals. Do you recommend the biography?
Volans - Jul 10, 2005 7:08:19 am PDT #8098 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I haven't, dcp, but I just checked at Amazon and bought a couple used. They sound great! Sadly, I'm sure they will make me obscenely jealous, as Corfu! And the Greece of 2005 is not at all the Greece of 1999, let alone 1930.
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2005 12:09:50 pm PDT #8099 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished The Time Traveler's Wife.
Wow.
I loved it.
That is all.