ita, not only is it new -- it's about vampires.
ears perk up
Well then, I guess I'll be adding that to the list.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
Atropa - Jan 11, 2006 1:53:54 pm PST #9751 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Consuela - Jan 11, 2006 3:52:38 pm PST #9752 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think the best book I read in 2005 was probably Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Although I think I enjoyed Martha Wells' Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy more.
Once I got to the end, I really respected Elizabeth Bear's Hammered trilogy, although I didn't like them as much as I wish I did.
Katerina Bee - Jan 11, 2006 3:53:53 pm PST #9753 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
There's a new OEB? Hallelujah! And here I've got a Borders gift card burning a hole in my purse. I'm liking Elizabeth Lynn's "Dragon's Treasure," but I've always enjoyed her humanist almost-utopias.
I officially got a big kick out of "Olympos" by Dan Simmons. It made me want to go read some background on Greek mythology. Strangely I had no such desire to explore Proust or recall Shakespeare.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2006 4:05:35 pm PST #9754 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I started it in 2005. I'll probably finish it in 2007, at this rate. I do like it, though.
DebetEsse - Jan 11, 2006 5:03:13 pm PST #9755 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Has Anasi Boys been mentioned? I don't recall that it has. It should have been, though. Loved it.
Dana - Jan 11, 2006 5:44:37 pm PST #9756 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I started it in 2005.
Ha. Me too. I brought it with me to London, almost finished it on the plane back, and then completely lost my momentum. Very Large Books are hard.
Consuela - Jan 11, 2006 5:56:04 pm PST #9757 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The way I read Jonathan Strange was by getting sick and staying home for two days. I read fast, and being home and offline for 2 days really gave me the time to get through it. I also thought it read pretty easily.
Jars - Jan 12, 2006 1:30:42 am PST #9758 of 10002
I think I read Johnathan Strange in about a week. I even tried to drag it out I was enjoying it so much. That and Anna Pavord's The Naming of Names were probably my favourites from last year.
Megan E. - Jan 12, 2006 2:09:55 am PST #9759 of 10002
I read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell in 2004 and enjoyed it muchly. I had a long layover at an airport and read about 200 pages in one gulp which I think helped to keep my attention. It was probably my favourite book that year. I don't think I have a favourite of 2005 - at least I can't think of anything right now.
Anne W. - Jan 12, 2006 2:11:14 am PST #9760 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Jonathan Strange had a few bits where I felt it bogged down (and I honestly can't remember where those were), but other than that, I enjoyed the book. I actually read it fairly slowly, and it felt as if I were inhabiting the book for a good two weeks or so. It's not often I can find a book that I can live in like that.