Anya ,'Touched'
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No. It's AWFUL. And I really like Carey's other stuff.
I was badly disappointed.
I'm such a loser/determined person, I actually slogged through the second book, Godslayer, as well, looking for some resolution. Well, I got some. On an analytical level, I appreciate some of the things she was shooting for, but, it sure wasn't enjoyable in any way. The Kushiel stuff had parts that were rough, but she paid off in style, and you had to shake your head sometimes at how skillful she is. Banewreaker/Godslayer seemed like a big step backwards for her as a writer, like an earlier work that got pulled out of a footlocker. Cruder and more manipulative somehow.
JohnSweden! How the hell are ya?