Pix, I am totally planning on getting that and reading it. I am a huge fan of hers. Glad to hear it stands up to her blog!!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
smonster - Apr 30, 2012 3:00:24 am PDT #18565 of 28635
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
le nubian - Apr 30, 2012 3:15:09 am PDT #18566 of 28635
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
this made me laugh out loud last night.
best animals being dicks.
There's like half on this list that just hit my funnybone.
Toddson - Apr 30, 2012 5:11:08 am PDT #18567 of 28635
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've actually seen Jenny Lawson's book in the store ... but I'm trying to avoid buying hardbacks.
I did, however, knowing her love of taxidermied animals, send her a link to a story about The Famous Tommy Tucker (a squirrel, rasised by a woman, who'd dress him up and take him around). He's spending eternity dressed in pink satin and pearls (he wore dresses because tail + pants = problems).
le nubian - Apr 30, 2012 7:45:09 am PDT #18568 of 28635
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
good grief. I think I posted that in the wrong thread!
Polter-Cow - Apr 30, 2012 7:47:33 am PDT #18569 of 28635
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was a mite confused but thought maybe it was somehow relevant because of F U, Penguin. Somehow.
Polter-Cow - Apr 30, 2012 5:34:08 pm PDT #18570 of 28635
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished Timeless ! I think I know what Jilli is gleebling about!
I liked it more than the last two, to my surprise. I thought I was just reading out of inertia (although I do enjoy the books), but I felt an unexpected fondness for the characters and the world.
Atropa - Apr 30, 2012 6:16:26 pm PDT #18571 of 28635
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I just finished Timeless ! I think I know what Jilli is gleebling about!
EEEEEEEee! IVY IS A VAMPIRE QUEEN!
Pete is finally reading it, and when he read the bit about the play, he said "Oh, that's why you're happy, because Ivy played a vampire queen in that ridiculous production". Ha, no! It's better than that!
Also, OMG BIFFY AND LYALL! I want to draw sparkly hearts around them.
I also want more of Lord Akeldama's adventures in parenting, because I love how he dotes on Prudence.
Ginger - Apr 30, 2012 6:23:03 pm PDT #18572 of 28635
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was sorry Ivy didn't stay in Egypt, because I like the idea of "Ivy, Queen of the Desert." Vampire millinery will never be the same.
Polter-Cow - Apr 30, 2012 6:23:19 pm PDT #18573 of 28635
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Prudence was a delight. I also really enjoyed all the science!! Well, you know "science"!! I appreciate a scientifically curious heroine.
Atropa - Apr 30, 2012 6:30:21 pm PDT #18574 of 28635
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I want all the stories of Ivy's reign as the Vampire Queen of London! I especially want to know what Lord Akeldama's reaction to it.