No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


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."


Ginger - Jul 17, 2012 11:09:14 am PDT #19365 of 28703
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

It's very different, but I loved it. It's one of my favorite books this year. Claire Dewitt investigates using the I Ching, a book by an obscure French detective that seems to have powers of its own, and lots of drugs. The post-Katrina setting seems very real.

I read it from the library. For that, I wonder if I should have my own copy...


Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:09:47 am PDT #19366 of 28703
Because books.

Yeah, I just bought it. I couldn't resist.


Dana - Jul 17, 2012 11:11:03 am PDT #19367 of 28703
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

The post-Katrina setting seems very real.

...maybe I should skip it.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 17, 2012 11:29:34 am PDT #19368 of 28703
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I was wondering about that book to. Since I do not have personal ties to New Orleans, I think I will purchase.


Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:36:38 am PDT #19369 of 28703
Because books.

Crap, 75% of my post got eaten, and I'm all ranted out.

Short version: Encyclopedia Brown and An Unfortunate Series of Events were not written for a YA audience. Which doesn't mean they didn't or won't read them, but I would love it if any journalist bothered to differentiate between middle grade and YA, or post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.


Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 11:42:00 am PDT #19370 of 28703
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Children's books and YA books are totally different! Except when there's a weird crossover, but those two examples are clearly children's books and not YA.


Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:47:27 am PDT #19371 of 28703
Because books.

The article link got eaten, too, I realized.


Steph L. - Jul 17, 2012 11:51:31 am PDT #19372 of 28703
That which does not kill you should RUN

post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.

Damn, I feel like that ship has already sailed. Incorrectly.


Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 11:52:00 am PDT #19373 of 28703
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Are...are any of those actually YA series?

The hell?


Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:59:22 am PDT #19374 of 28703
Because books.

Weetzie Bat is definitely YA, yes.