It's on my TBR pile (metaphorically.) I like Donoghoe a lot, and I'm interested in seeing how she writes a story set in modern times.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Strix - Jun 22, 2011 9:24:00 am PDT #15381 of 28597
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jesse - Jun 22, 2011 9:30:47 am PDT #15382 of 28597
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I haven't read any of her other stuff, so can't say how it compares.
Ouise - Jun 22, 2011 9:35:35 am PDT #15383 of 28597
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I read Room last week and loved it. It really stuck with me - I found myself thinking about it a lot since reading it.
lisah - Jun 22, 2011 9:40:42 am PDT #15384 of 28597
Punishingly Intricate
I loved Room. And love her other stuff but it's been a while since I've read her other things so I'm not sure how they compare.
Amy - Jun 22, 2011 9:53:04 am PDT #15385 of 28597
Because books.
The only thing I've read of hers is Kissing the Witch, which is really good but it's retold fairy tales, so I assume style-wise Room is probably pretty different. I'm dying to read it, though.
sj - Jun 22, 2011 10:01:14 am PDT #15386 of 28597
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
You guys -- I finished Room last night, and I can't stop thinking about it! Then I found the website, which is worth seeing if you've read the book: [link]
Great link! I loved Room and I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks after reading it.
Kat - Jun 22, 2011 1:11:07 pm PDT #15387 of 28597
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise. I've had a handful of students read it since and they all love it.
Cool link, Jesse!
megan walker - Jun 22, 2011 1:25:40 pm PDT #15388 of 28597
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
sumi - Jun 22, 2011 3:14:54 pm PDT #15389 of 28597
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, Dunk & Egg are going to Winterfell in the 4th Dunk & Egg novela.
(Darn it: it's speculation that they're going to Winterfell - because the title is "Dangerous Women" and the "Wolf Women of Winterfell" had been mentioned by GRRM at some point elsewhere.)
Jesse - Jun 22, 2011 3:45:00 pm PDT #15390 of 28597
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
It's almost nothing like what you might expect based on the premise, I think -- mostly because the narrator is the kid.