Has anyone read Wolitzer's Ten-Year Nap ? Just finished it last night.
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."
Kat - Jul 04, 2008 8:30:01 am PDT #6596 of 28765
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
beth b - Jul 04, 2008 9:19:38 am PDT #6597 of 28765
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My copy of Superpowers has just come in. I started pimping it to a friend and I haven't started reading it yet.
Jesse - Jul 04, 2008 9:44:29 am PDT #6598 of 28765
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I should have thought to do this before, but here are some Amazon Associate links:
brenda m - Jul 04, 2008 9:48:07 am PDT #6599 of 28765
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hee. From Corwood's link:
Buy this book with Swordfishtrombones (33 1/3) by David Smay today!
Though this
Hayden Childs weaves the story of this astonishing record from the perspective of a man who is obsessed with it, a man who is living and reliving his own trip through Hell.
sounds like it's saying it's Corwood reliving his own trip through hell - which I think (and hope) is not actually the case?
Susan W. - Jul 04, 2008 10:14:32 am PDT #6600 of 28765
The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat home
I just blogged about my first half of 2008 in reading.
Hayden - Jul 04, 2008 10:37:24 am PDT #6601 of 28765
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
sounds like it's saying it's Corwood reliving his own trip through hell - which I think (and hope) is not actually the case?
It's my fictional protagonist who's suffering. I'm doing pretty well, myself, so don't be concerned!
erikaj - Jul 04, 2008 11:15:35 am PDT #6602 of 28765
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
The job won't save you, you know.
Hayden - Jul 04, 2008 11:32:03 am PDT #6603 of 28765
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The fuck did I do?
erikaj - Jul 04, 2008 4:55:58 pm PDT #6604 of 28765
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
At least you know who you were chasing.
beth b - Jul 05, 2008 11:27:45 am PDT #6605 of 28765
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Just finished Superpowers which I liked even better than I had hoped to.