Strix, I read it, and it's great fun, and light enough for a sick day read.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
River ,'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."
Anne W. - Aug 13, 2014 10:00:11 am PDT #22551 of 28558
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Strix - Aug 13, 2014 10:30:07 am PDT #22552 of 28558
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Great! Thank you, Anne!
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2014 8:58:55 pm PDT #22553 of 28558
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love that series, Strix.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 14, 2014 7:11:11 am PDT #22554 of 28558
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
I grabbed my copy of Preston & Child's The Relic Tuesday to read while waiting at the auto shop. Apparently, it's been long enough since I last opened it that it's effectively like reading a new book - my only recollections are a few snippets from the film version.
Strix - Aug 14, 2014 7:34:27 am PDT #22555 of 28558
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I raced through Old Man's War. And prompt bought the 2nd book in the series! I quote enjoyed it, and I'm going to buy a copy for my dad. I think it's right up his alley. My dad is the one that turned me on to old school Heinlein, after all.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2014 8:14:38 am PDT #22556 of 28558
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yessssss I love Ghost Brigades so much.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2014 12:55:42 pm PDT #22557 of 28558
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just heard today that SyFy is going to be making an Old Man's War series (which will be called Ghost Brigades). Since I'm in the middle of a BSG rewatch, I am cautiously optimistic!
Mogget - Aug 17, 2014 6:14:06 pm PDT #22558 of 28558
I read the Melendy books to my daughter a couple of years ago when she was in second grade and she enjoyed them very much, as did I; I was too busy reading about ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt when I was her age.
meara - Aug 17, 2014 7:34:26 pm PDT #22559 of 28558
I remember liking the Melendy books, but I haven't re-read them in ages, and at the time I found the whole setting to be just as bizarre and fantastic as Narnia or A Wrinkle in Time. Not sure why it seemed so much more remote to me than like, Little House on the Prairie or something. Ooh, the other series I have never re-read is the Betsy-Tacy books.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2014 7:36:30 pm PDT #22560 of 28558
brillig
I'm enjoying them quite a bit, they're holding my attention as much as kids' books with no one trying to kill anyone (ie, Harry Potter) will hold my attention.