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Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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."
Jessica - Jan 12, 2006 7:21:11 am PST #9766 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Volans - Jan 12, 2006 7:59:36 am PST #9767 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I just got Jonathan Strange, Anansi Boys, and Woken Furies.
Reading bliss.
Betsy HP - Jan 12, 2006 8:09:15 am PST #9768 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Gah. I need help. I have this book I need to recommend but can't remember author/title.
Anyway, the author is an LJ stalwart, the book is called something like Melisande, it's got excellent dark worldbuilding and is roughly equivalent to Georgian London/Paris, and the main plot is about a tattooed sorceror who's being used to destroy the magical foundation of teh world.
Ring any bells? Cause, damn, it was good.
Dana - Jan 12, 2006 8:12:38 am PST #9769 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Is it Sarah Monette's Melusine? Which I haven't read, but I know the author on LJ.
Betsy HP - Jan 12, 2006 8:14:13 am PST #9770 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yes. Thank you. Guys, it's very good fantasy, with a solidly thought-out background, and with grim, realistic settings but not being drive-me-to-suicide dark. Good book.
Consuela - Jan 12, 2006 3:17:52 pm PST #9771 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I want to read that, but I hear it's part 1 only, so I'm waiting until it's (a) out in paper and (b) finished.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 4:34:34 pm PST #9772 of 10002
So I got a box of books from the parents tonight, and one is a copy I already have. It's Beirut Blues. I recall enjoying it as a broody politics and personal book I read when I was heavy into a modern middle east phase. If anyone is interested, speak up and I'll ship it to you. Sometime in the next couple of weeks.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 4:48:35 pm PST #9773 of 10002
Huh. Just read the reviews. It is kinda maze/puzzlelike and leaves things to be filled in. But I like that. I read it in conjunction with Map of Love (which has this extended metaphor and puzzle thing happening that is just AWESOME,) Drinking the Sea of Gaza , Nine Parts of Desire and Persian Mirrors.
Volans - Jan 12, 2006 9:37:16 pm PST #9774 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I had never heard the phrase "to show willing" before, but it was in both books I started reading yesterday ( Anansi Boys and Woken Furies ). Weird.
DebetEsse - Jan 13, 2006 4:57:20 am PST #9775 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Did we know about Talk to the Hand (by Lynne Truss, the "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" lady) and I was just not paying attention? Have people read it? Is it good?