Eliza might work, but Anita turns into such a twit that I wouldn't wish the part on her.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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."
Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2006 7:27:13 pm PST #9824 of 10002
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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.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2006 8:38:15 am PST #9827 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
am reading "Anansi Boys." I haven't laughed in sheer delight at a book in so long.
It's so lovely. The ending, and I mean the final image, made me cry because I was so happy for one of the characters.
Nutty - Jan 18, 2006 12:02:56 pm PST #9828 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan safran Foer, and it's a book very invested in its bookness. It's got illustrations and photographs, and after a while you realize that other books (and loose pages) are being represented verbatim within this book. Doesn't make any sense in any context except text between covers.
Emily - Jan 18, 2006 3:42:21 pm PST #9829 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I really liked The Big Over Easy, though it took me a while to get a feel for the world, if you know what I mean.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2006 10:03:39 am PST #9830 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I tracked down a copy of Ramsey Campbell's Ancient Images due to word-of-mouth about John Carpenter's similarly themed "Cigarette Burns" entry in the Masters of Horror series. Good read, and it's been so long since I first read it that I've essentially forgotten most of the story.
Megan E. - Jan 19, 2006 10:13:24 am PST #9831 of 10002
I really liked The Big Over Easy, though it took me a while to get a feel for the world, if you know what I mean.
This is good to know since I got this for xmas.
meara - Jan 19, 2006 3:26:11 pm PST #9832 of 10002
I'm trying to read J. Carey's "Banewreaker" (bought it cause it's in paperback now) but finding it something of a slog--does it get better? I vaguely recall when it first came out y'all had mixed reviews.
Strix - Jan 19, 2006 3:53:46 pm PST #9833 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
No. It's AWFUL. And I really like Carey's other stuff.
I was badly disappointed.