Comments | spectralbovine: Why, Sometimes I've Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

spectralbovine

Why, Sometimes I've Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Dec 05, 2007 22:13

Emily and I watched the first four episodes of Arrested Development on Sunday. Jesus, I forgot how goddamn fucking funny that show is. The laugh/minute ratio is insane. Nothing airing currently holds a candle.

I finished reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass. What nonsense! I'm not used to stories that are clearly ( Read more... )

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cerulgalactus December 6 2007, 06:22:32 UTC

Books - anything by Jasper Fforde.

Oh, and I seem to be the only person ever who likes Maya. When she got shot on, I was all "Well, there goes another pointless cute girl who I like. I hope you are happy LOST!"

jenelope December 6 2007, 14:59:54 UTC

I agree with your rec. They're a quick read individually, but if you read everything from "The Eyre Affair" to "First Among Sequels" to the Nursery Crime novels, it can fill a lot of time.

spectralbovine December 6 2007, 16:23:43 UTC

I was underwhelmed by The Eyre Affair, unfortunately, and there was a POV issue that pissed me the fuck off.

squaringkarma December 6 2007, 06:23:20 UTC

Sigh. I miss AD too.

Very Tenth Doctor of you, Hiro.

Or very Original SpyDaddy since I don't know the proper context of the Doctor Who reference.

By most reports HRG? Really?

cerulgalactus December 6 2007, 06:27:26 UTC

I share that call of "Really?", since this is the first mention of Noah being the shooter.

squaringkarma December 6 2007, 06:35:25 UTC

I suppose it could have been part of HRG's deal with The Company, but still. I haven't really heard that theory floating around too much. Or at all until Sunil's post.

cerulgalactus December 6 2007, 06:38:23 UTC

I didn't even think Noah, because he was just with his family going "Yeah, not really dead at all - sorry about all that, yo. Can someone get me a soda?"

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sterope December 6 2007, 06:32:34 UTC

Okay... If Nathan and co. were in Texas and Mr. Bennett was in California (right?) can he like, teleport or something? Did that happen on a different day? I was thinking it was Bob that shot him, but I guess he was in California too. WTF. Sylar just needs to eat everyone's brains and dominate the universe. That's all I want.

arie December 6 2007, 06:44:53 UTC

I had the exact same thoughts about Maya and the Tenth Doctor. I actually cheered when Maya died, then felt bad for cheering that a "good guy" was killed, but I think I'm Karmic-ally okay since she didn't really die (sadly) (crap there goes my Karma, again ( ... )

spectralbovine December 6 2007, 06:48:48 UTC

Yeah, I don't watch Desperate Housewives.

And of course there's no way Casey is going to kill Chuck, but it will be interesting to see how Mr. Follows His Orders is going to get around it.

arie December 6 2007, 06:54:11 UTC

It'd be fun if Brice showed up to destroy the second intersect and it ended up downloaded into Casey but it didn't work unless he got information from Chuck first (never going to happen, but it'd be FUN!).

Librarian Girl Sez: evilstmars December 6 2007, 06:53:51 UTC

If you like nonfiction, I like to recommend "Julie & Julia", the tale of one New Yorker's attempt to emulate Julia Child and reinvent her life. It's got funny bits in. Also incredibly entertaining: "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-Up Artists", by Neil Strauss, aka "Style". It's so trashy, so misanthropic yet hopeful, and so well-written ( ... )

Re: Librarian Girl Sez: spectralbovine December 6 2007, 07:01:06 UTC

Anything by Sean Stewart is terrific, but my favorites are "Mockingbird" and "Galveston". I've got to hunt down his latest, however, titles either 'Perfect Circle' or 'Firecracker' depending on the edition. Good fantasy, a little surreal.
Ooh, I have meant to read some Sean Stewart for a while, since he was head writer on The Beast.

For a little more surreal, my favorite author remains Jonathan Carroll. Look for 'The Land of Laughs' or 'Sleeping in Flame' for his most accessible stuff.
I think I actually have the former somewhere, but it looked kind of small.

"Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn is probably the most disturbing horror novel I have read in some time. Some books are un-put-downable; this book will force you to set it aside and circle back in that can't-look-away-oh-no-make-it-stop sense. Shuddery.
Ooh, that sounds good. Only 272 pages, though. Maybe I can do two medium-ish books. I'm trying to save space, and I'd rather have too much to read than not enough.

Thanks for the recs!

Re: Librarian Girl Sez: alannaofdoom December 7 2007, 02:09:48 UTC

I have never read Possession but I have read Gregory Maguire's Lost, which I'm told is similar in tone or theme or something? Anyway, clearly I should read Possession.

Also, I [heart] Sarah Waters so hard. Haven't read Fingersmith yet, but I've reread Tipping the Velvet several times, and just recently finished Night Watch which was freakin' amazing.

(What's interesting about TtV is that I saw the BBC miniseries before reading the book, and because the miniseries' narration was taken more-or-less verbatim from the book, now every time I read the book I hear Rachael Stirling's voice. Kind of awesome, actually.)