I still need to read Bet Me. Tell Me Lies I liked less than Welcome, Faking and Fast Women, but more than Crazy.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
msbelle - May 26, 2004 12:15:03 pm PDT #2855 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dana - May 26, 2004 12:15:56 pm PDT #2856 of 10002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Interesting, since I bought Crazy for You in Waldenbooks, in Romance, and they have several others of hers there.
Yeah, it varies from store to store. Last time I went looking, they were in one place at B&N and another at Borders.
erikaj - May 26, 2004 12:17:24 pm PDT #2857 of 10002
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I hate the way the"Da Vinci Code" guy writes. His people aren't people...just action figures. Yecch.(And I might be jealous, too.) Faking It is my favorite Crusie.
ArcaneJill - May 26, 2004 12:21:02 pm PDT #2858 of 10002
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Anyone read Strange Bedpersons? I read that after Crazy For You, and was less happy with it. I know she had publisher issues with it, so maybe that's why, but it seemed a little... forced, maybe, in parts? Although overall still a good read.
§ ita § - May 26, 2004 12:22:42 pm PDT #2859 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Those are the only Crusie I've read.
There will be more -- do I not need to send you Faking It, then?
erikaj, I hated what he wrote, and how he wrote it. Piker.
Katerina Bee - May 26, 2004 12:28:15 pm PDT #2860 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
During an epileptic seizure while visiting her ancestral home, sixteen-year-old Katie is transported back in time and mistaken for her great-great-great grandmother who also had epilepsy at a time when the disease was greatly misunderstood.
Oh yay, I'm the first back with the answer about AmyLiz's book: Why Have The Birds Stopped Singing by Zoa Sherburne.
I recall she wrote some cool books. Better go rummage through what Amazon says.
Edit: I feel as though I should really like reading Annie Dillard, but my attention keeps wandering off track with her.
Jesse - May 26, 2004 12:31:27 pm PDT #2861 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There will be more -- do I not need to send you Faking It, then?
Um, I was going to be rereading it.
ArcaneJill - May 26, 2004 12:32:25 pm PDT #2862 of 10002
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
His people aren't people...just action figures.
I had that feeling too, the whole time I was reading it! I kept thinking, "Don't they have family that would wonder where they are? Or, friends, even? A cat? Anything?"
§ ita § - May 26, 2004 12:33:06 pm PDT #2863 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was going to be rereading it.
She's all yours.
Me, I'm currently reading Snow Crash and Abide With Me. So far, pretty dissimilar. I expect this trend to continue.
erikaj - May 26, 2004 12:34:55 pm PDT #2864 of 10002
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Wrod, ita. I fricking hate reading a best-seller and thinking "I can do better." So I went to Amazon and told them I would avoid his books like there's anthrax in the covers. Bitchy and satisfying.