Try some Edith Wharton, if you're in a mood. I like her better than Henry James, except "The Turn of the Screw."
If you want to go all Old Skool classic, try "The Odyssey"
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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 - Feb 13, 2007 10:17:18 am PST #1936 of 28461
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:29:18 am PST #1937 of 28461
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I have got to pull out my old book-on-tape (wish I had it on CD, now) of Ian McKellen reading Fagles' translation of The Odyssey.
Strix - Feb 13, 2007 10:31:46 am PST #1938 of 28461
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ooh, yum, Kathy! I might hit you up for a dub of that next fall; I teach "The Odyssey" to my seniors.
lisah - Feb 13, 2007 10:45:02 am PST #1939 of 28461
Punishingly Intricate
Try some Edith Wharton, if you're in a mood. I like her better than Henry James, except "The Turn of the Screw."
I'd second this rec. I find her way more entertaining than he is.
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2007 10:47:24 am PST #1940 of 28461
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just finished Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City, which is, IMHO, A Very Buffista Book. It leaned toward a bit of a cliche toward the end, but overall, I LOVED it.
Hayden - Feb 13, 2007 10:48:20 am PST #1941 of 28461
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I have a stack of books next to my bed, including the new Pynchon, Banville's The Sea, and a book on Enlightment-era medical practices by a friend of mine, but, sadly, no time to read at the moment.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:53:04 am PST #1942 of 28461
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ooh, yum, Kathy! I might hit you up for a dub of that next fall; I teach "The Odyssey" to my seniors.
I still have to send you my copy of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants--I'm a bad Buffista! If I had a way of converting tape to CD, I'd do it and then send you the tapes or a copy of the CDs. Oh, well, I can pull out my double-tape boombox and dub you some tapes while I'm listening, if you'd like!
Strix - Feb 13, 2007 10:56:33 am PST #1943 of 28461
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tapes are fine; the kids trashed my boombox, and the CD player no longer works, anyway.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:58:59 am PST #1944 of 28461
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cool! I'll make sure to pull it out this spring and dub it for you.
JohnSweden - Feb 13, 2007 11:10:41 am PST #1945 of 28461
I can't even.
I'm re-reading Connie Willis' Lincoln's Dreams. I'm just a couple of chapters in, so the magical realism drug-like effect it had on me when I first read it hasn't kicked in yet. Maybe it won't. I'm enjoying the details so far.