Me, neither. I'd rather have broadband and Netflix.
We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.
Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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."
DebetEsse - Oct 09, 2005 5:23:31 pm PDT #9229 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Steph L. - Oct 09, 2005 5:29:55 pm PDT #9230 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I buy print media on a regular basis, but it's comics. Grown-up books have fallen by the wayside. Or are obtained at the crack den that is Half-Price Books.
Laura - Oct 09, 2005 5:35:13 pm PDT #9231 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
I tried to sell my book group on Anansi Boys but they didn't go for it. If they don't pick it up for next time I'll go ahead and read it for myself. It sounds entertaining.
Jessica - Oct 09, 2005 5:54:49 pm PDT #9232 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's definitely on my list, but in a paperback kind of way unless my dad buys it for me. (My dad and I always give each other books for our birthdays, which are a week apart, and the last three years, we've given each other the same book. It's becoming a game -- who can buy it for the other one before they buy it for themselves! Race to the Borders!)
I still haven't gotten around to American Gods -- when it first came out, I heard from a few people that it was a lot of the same ground he'd already covered in Brief Lives, and I've never thought his regular novels were as well-written as his graphic ones.
Gandalfe - Oct 09, 2005 8:51:02 pm PDT #9233 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I saw on something or other that it's the #1 fiction book. Which doesn't gibe with the New York Times list I just found, so I don't know . . . .
Atropa - Oct 09, 2005 8:53:01 pm PDT #9234 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Anyone reading Anansi Boys? Dear god, I am LOVING it.
It's wonderful. I loved it to bits.
Atropa - Oct 09, 2005 8:53:04 pm PDT #9235 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Oct 09, 2005 9:06:21 pm PDT #9236 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Jilli, you loved it even with the spiders? The description gave even me the creepy-crawlies.
I just finished it, and now I can't fall asleep. Not because of the book, but all the same, I can't sleep.
God, it was fantastic. I mean really really.
Sheryl - Oct 10, 2005 7:13:36 am PDT #9237 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I'm trying to be patient, and wait to buy both Thud and Anansi Boys at the next con I attend.(which will be OVFF, Oct 21-23rd) It's been difficult, though...
Atropa - Oct 10, 2005 10:40:47 am PDT #9238 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yes, Steph, even with all the spiders. Neil's descriptions of them did not trigger my instinctive "Gaaaah! Gaaaaaaah!" reaction. Unlike, say, Caitlin's descriptions of spiders in Silk or Murder of Angels.
I need to get the audiobook of it now.