But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!

Wash ,'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."


Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2006 8:20:03 am PST #9817 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Yes, Anita's Hispanic.


Kathy A - Jan 17, 2006 8:22:34 am PST #9818 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Book purchase news--I went to Borders last night and finally used the 10% off coupon and gift card that my boss gave me for Xmas. I got two Jasper Fforde books, the second Tuesday Next novel (I've had The Eyre Affair for years even though I have yet to read it) and The Big Over Easy, the first in the Jack Spratt Investigates series (according to the review I read in EW, it's a cross between Film Noir and nursery rhymes). Looking forward to reading them both!


Calli - Jan 17, 2006 8:30:19 am PST #9819 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

You know, it occurred to me that, for all her writerly faults, LKH created a world that stuck with me. I was watching the weather channel this morning and they talked about St. Louis and the first thing that came to mind was the Anita Blake books.


Calli - Jan 17, 2006 11:11:34 am PST #9820 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Consuela - Jan 17, 2006 3:04:55 pm PST #9821 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I'm thinking of Eliza Dushku or Jessica Alba for Anita. Dark and attractive to the geekly audience, and both experienced with the ass-kicking.


Strix - Jan 17, 2006 3:07:41 pm PST #9822 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Suela, d'oh! I cannot imagine why Eliza never crossed my mind! I think she'd be great.


erikaj - Jan 17, 2006 5:29:00 pm PST #9823 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

That would be cool. Really cool, not marketing-cool.


Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2006 7:27:13 pm PST #9824 of 10002
brillig

Eliza might work, but Anita turns into such a twit that I wouldn't wish the part on her.


Kate P. - Jan 18, 2006 8:10:47 am PST #9825 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

The Big Over Easy, the first in the Jack Spratt Investigates series (according to the review I read in EW, it's a cross between Film Noir and nursery rhymes).

Oh cool, I hadn't heard of that one. Although I have to say I lost interest in the Tuesday Next books about 3 books in, but if the first book or two of the new series are as good as the first couple TN books, I'll give them a shot.


Anne W. - Jan 18, 2006 8:31:10 am PST #9826 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I finished "Julie and Julia," and enjoyed it, although there were times I wanted to shake the author. Plus, the whole bit about the maggots really squicked me.

I'm home sick from work (I feel fine if I stay in bed, feel rather questionable if I get up and walk around) and am reading "Anansi Boys." I haven't laughed in sheer delight at a book in so long.