John Updike passed away today.
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."
sj - Jan 27, 2009 3:38:48 pm PST #8371 of 28769
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Barb - Jan 28, 2009 1:45:31 pm PST #8372 of 28769
“Not dead yet!”
Polter-Cow - Jan 28, 2009 1:51:45 pm PST #8373 of 28769
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wow, congrats! And I see that The Book Thief is also on the list. That's good company.
Barb - Jan 28, 2009 1:53:42 pm PST #8374 of 28769
“Not dead yet!”
Thanks, P-C! I'm so tickled to be on a list with Meg Cabot and J.K. Rowling and of course, Marcus-- Just so many good names on that list.
Amy - Jan 28, 2009 1:57:45 pm PST #8375 of 28769
Because books.
::bounces::
That is awesome, Barb!
Anne W. - Jan 28, 2009 1:59:33 pm PST #8376 of 28769
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Woohoo!
Connie Neil - Jan 28, 2009 2:01:30 pm PST #8377 of 28769
brillig
So not only published authors, but award-winning authors around here.
Fay - Jan 28, 2009 2:03:13 pm PST #8378 of 28769
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Fabulous! Oh, well done you!
Steph L. - Jan 28, 2009 2:05:43 pm PST #8379 of 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Adiós made the final list of YALSA's 2009 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults!
Because it's AWESOME!
Ginger - Jan 28, 2009 2:15:15 pm PST #8380 of 28769
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's great!