We have - you have all made great suggestions. For the 15 year girl I think I'm going for the Grand Sophy. Romance to attract the attention of someone is currently boy crazy, and then humor and a strong feminist character to remind her there are other things in life.
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Typo Boy - Jul 29, 2005 9:25:34 am PDT #8750 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Typo Boy - Jul 29, 2005 9:27:19 am PDT #8751 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Though I'll check out Manning too But I think something in Romance genre that is really clever with strong independent characters sounds like a good way to go.
Scrappy - Jul 29, 2005 9:27:36 am PDT #8752 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Great choice--I LOVE that book!
DebetEsse - Jul 29, 2005 9:47:50 am PDT #8753 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Maysa, IMO, that's not nearly a good enough reason to trust him completely, especially with that as the big secret reason
DavidS - Jul 29, 2005 11:49:07 am PDT #8754 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Say what you will about Borders, I walked in and pulled two books off the shelves there that I hadnt' been able to find in six other independent book stores ranging from City Lights to Booksmith.
I now possess (my second copy of) The Universal Baseball Association by Robert Coover and Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
JZ - Jul 29, 2005 12:00:26 pm PDT #8755 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I don't suppose you could swing back on your way home and check to see if they have V For Vendetta?
DavidS - Jul 29, 2005 12:11:49 pm PDT #8756 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't suppose you could swing back on your way home and check to see if they have V For Vendetta?
I know they've got it at Virgin (15% off too) so I'll stop on the way home.
Fay - Jul 29, 2005 12:43:27 pm PDT #8757 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
JZ! Synchronicity - I just read V for Vendetta yesterday for the first time.
DAMN fine book.
Hec got to Summerland before me...it's sitting on my bookshelf precisely because it seems pitched at people who love baseball. Which - not so much me. (Baseball is rounders, but more so, as I understand it. But with added passion and formality and tribal stuff. Which I applaud, but which is about as alien to me as cheerleading.) But I've heard good things about it, and do plan to have another crack at getting into it.
Consuela - Jul 29, 2005 6:13:39 pm PDT #8758 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I liked Summerland well enough, but as a long-time sf/fantasy reader, I didn't think it was as creative and original as many did. Which is not to say it's not good. I adored Kavalier and Clay, though.
sumi - Jul 29, 2005 9:16:34 pm PDT #8759 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I'm so glad you found Howl's Moving Castle ! It's a crime that they didn't reprint it in time for the movie.