Suela, d'oh! I cannot imagine why Eliza never crossed my mind! I think she'd be great.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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."
Strix - Jan 17, 2006 3:07:41 pm PST #9822 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
erikaj - Jan 17, 2006 5:29:00 pm PST #9823 of 10002
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
That would be cool. Really cool, not marketing-cool.
Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2006 7:27:13 pm PST #9824 of 10002
brillig
Eliza might work, but Anita turns into such a twit that I wouldn't wish the part on her.
Kate P. - Jan 18, 2006 8:10:47 am PST #9825 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The Big Over Easy, the first in the Jack Spratt Investigates series (according to the review I read in EW, it's a cross between Film Noir and nursery rhymes).
Oh cool, I hadn't heard of that one. Although I have to say I lost interest in the Tuesday Next books about 3 books in, but if the first book or two of the new series are as good as the first couple TN books, I'll give them a shot.
Anne W. - Jan 18, 2006 8:31:10 am PST #9826 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I finished "Julie and Julia," and enjoyed it, although there were times I wanted to shake the author. Plus, the whole bit about the maggots really squicked me.
I'm home sick from work (I feel fine if I stay in bed, feel rather questionable if I get up and walk around) and am reading "Anansi Boys." I haven't laughed in sheer delight at a book in so long.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2006 8:38:15 am PST #9827 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
am reading "Anansi Boys." I haven't laughed in sheer delight at a book in so long.
It's so lovely. The ending, and I mean the final image, made me cry because I was so happy for one of the characters.
Nutty - Jan 18, 2006 12:02:56 pm PST #9828 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan safran Foer, and it's a book very invested in its bookness. It's got illustrations and photographs, and after a while you realize that other books (and loose pages) are being represented verbatim within this book. Doesn't make any sense in any context except text between covers.
Emily - Jan 18, 2006 3:42:21 pm PST #9829 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I really liked The Big Over Easy, though it took me a while to get a feel for the world, if you know what I mean.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2006 10:03:39 am PST #9830 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I tracked down a copy of Ramsey Campbell's Ancient Images due to word-of-mouth about John Carpenter's similarly themed "Cigarette Burns" entry in the Masters of Horror series. Good read, and it's been so long since I first read it that I've essentially forgotten most of the story.
Megan E. - Jan 19, 2006 10:13:24 am PST #9831 of 10002
I really liked The Big Over Easy, though it took me a while to get a feel for the world, if you know what I mean.
This is good to know since I got this for xmas.