Kat, you could always go with Moo and take care of light and fluffy and Jane Smiley with one book.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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."
Fred Pete - Jun 19, 2008 5:41:34 am PDT #6418 of 28611
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jesse - Jun 19, 2008 5:56:07 am PDT #6419 of 28611
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fred, I was thinking the exact same thing!
Kat - Jun 19, 2008 5:57:53 am PDT #6420 of 28611
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
HA. I could. But I have to read A Thousand Acres instead. So in the interim, i'm reading Whacked by Jules Asner, which was one of the freebies I got at BEA.
Jilli, I missed the Gaiman ARC that they were giving out. So that makes me even more jealous of your preread!
Fred Pete - Jun 19, 2008 6:00:39 am PDT #6421 of 28611
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oooooo. Yes, A Thousand Acres is anything but light and fluffy. Wonderful, especially in the characters' voices, but not light entertainment.
sumi - Jun 19, 2008 6:10:59 am PDT #6422 of 28611
Art Crawl!!!
Pix - Jun 19, 2008 9:40:13 am PDT #6423 of 28611
The status is NOT quo.
I love A Thousand Acres, though. I've been meaning to read Moo but haven't yet. If I get through the pile o'books I have to read this summer, maybe I'll get to Moo.
Fred Pete - Jun 19, 2008 10:26:35 am PDT #6424 of 28611
Ann, that's a ferret.
Kristin, Moo is a laugh riot. Especially for anyone familiar with academia.
Pix - Jun 19, 2008 10:36:29 am PDT #6425 of 28611
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks, Fred! ND owns it and said the same, so I'm very intrigued. I will add it to the pile.
Maysa - Jun 19, 2008 11:04:38 am PDT #6426 of 28611
Just finished Oscar Wao. I think I wanted to like it much more than I did. Which is a bummer.
Is the book as good as his short stories are? I love those, but I'm reluctant to read Oscar Wao, because sometimes good short story writers aren't such good novelists.
Volans - Jun 19, 2008 12:41:04 pm PDT #6427 of 28611
move out and draw fire
Question for the masses: If you were compiling a list of Must Read Cyberpunk / Metaverse Books (hi Sox), what would be on it? Nonfiction as well as fiction.
Signed, I can't get thru a Charles Stross book.