Comments | connorgal: THE BOY BOOK, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, DIVA, PAN'S, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, CHILDREN OF MEN, SWORD OF SHANNARA

connorgal

THE BOY BOOK, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, DIVA, PAN'S, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, CHILDREN OF MEN, SWORD OF SHANNARA

Feb 20, 2007 11:18

Hello, brilliant muffinheads! I read all weekend. Oh, except when I watched movies. And went to see the UO women play Stanford. I admit it, I really wanted to see Tara Vanderveer (and Candace Wiggins). Funny thing is, I used to follow college women's bball not super-closely but with interest when I was first at Iowa, you know, a school that used to ( Read more... )

terry brooks, alfonso cuarón, pan's labyrinth, sword of shannara, diva, p.d. james, children of men, shaun of the dead, alex flinn, boy book, guillermo del toro, e. lockhart

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literaticat February 20 2007, 21:58:32 UTC

where have you been in my life, foxy?

for reals. first you go away for nine million years, then you post such long posts that someone sneakily reading at work can't possibly read the whole thing.

this is what i learned from your post: PD James is a lady?! whoa. I always imagined a Tim Russert looking dude.

also, I wanted to slap the taste out of Caitlin's mouth. but i did like the art school stuff.

xoxo!!

connorgal February 20 2007, 22:34:38 UTC

i know! I posted a week ago though! i'm tryin'! and i skipped so many things, like reading Howard Zinn's plays nad interviewing him, and reading Poets and Writers and thinking about how i should be pitching outside my comfort zone, and i didn't even freakin' mention scrotums! Or is that scrota?!
PD James. You crack me up. Here is a linky link link complete with Scary Picture of Lord Haw-Haw:
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pdjames/

I misses you too! Hey, by any chance, have you read ORDINARY GHOSTS yet? If so, do you remember the name of the best friend of the narrator (Emil)?

My bestie moved to the Bay Area. She's a hottie. You two should hook up. In some fashion. I will send her into the store even though she knows next to nothing and cares less about YA lit. She's awesomely supercool. Wait, which store again? :-) (This also means I will visit and you will see my amazing un-foxyness. Oh well.)

literaticat February 20 2007, 22:41:21 UTC

a) yikes!

b) no, I've never seen that book before in my LIFE.

c) yay for you visiting! I'm in the burlingame store, which is far - and then I do events all over the place.

d) you should come down for the sara ryan nymbc event!

photomonk2 February 20 2007, 22:29:20 UTC

heya,
saw your list of books at the top, of which i typically know none since YA is not my main genre, and saw sword of shannara.. had a minor brain skip while i tried connecting my deeply buried knowledge of the book with your more typical list of fare (disconnect solved, of course, by your commentary). i've been meaning to go back and read watership down again... i read it so long ago and just remember finding it very complex and somewhat confusing. kid mind, i guess. i want to try it again with my more grown up mind. it really is amazing how those years can completely change perspective on a lot of books.

be well!

connorgal February 20 2007, 23:02:55 UTC

Heya Amy! You have a blog! Or an LJ! Or something! Wow, who knew? I am so out of touch with all my East Coasties! How are you? Where are you? What's happenin'?
Yes, reread WD. You will find it so much better than you did when you read it as a young one.

photomonk2 February 21 2007, 03:12:59 UTC

yeah i signed up for LJ around the first of the year. still living in NH and trying to really get my butt in gear and move FORWARD with life, not just puttering about laterally or standing still. if you are so inclined, feel free to friend me and i'll add you to my flist for the "inside" posts. not necessarily fascinating reading, but what i am mainly up to these days.