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Thanks to y'all, I'm adding to my TBR list from this thread. Litany, has Beer Good sent you some suggestions? I'm curious to see what he recommends to you. (Just ordered The Forever War)

I agree with the earlier discussion in this thread that sad and depressing are not the same. For me: Sad = Flowers for Algernon Depressing = Johnny Got His Gun I didn't think A Fine Balance, overall, was a sad or depressing book, though it had moments that were both sad and depressing...

But is inky blackness as black as coal? Precisely how black is this inky blackness.

Great minds . . .

Inky because it was a dark and stormy night.

Love Brit humour. BTW, that's Emma Freud, not Emma Thompson.

Spook Country - William Gibson

What did you have in mind? It was a mangy dog and he slithered into the dead of night, curled up and died never to be seen or heard from again. But not to worry, somewhere, there is another dog barking.

Feel free to sprinkle liberally. The beginning of any sentence will do. You could also substitute with needless to say (or did I use that one already).

^^^ Edit for redundancy: Please replace one of the "in a nutshell" with "all in all". Thank you for your understanding. Needless to say, it's not my finest hour.

AquaB, How goes the battle? Please don’t take this personally, but I think you are getting bent out of shape for no good reason when you post statements that are clear as mud and expect everyone to bend over backwards and see things your way. Despite the fact that people tell you time and...

Peder, it sounds like you have a plan! I hadn't even thought of how I'd tackle it. :D

Peder, I've had The House of Leaves on my TBR list for quite some time now. Every so often, I pick it up at the bookstore, admire the heft of it, see how pretty it looks, then put it back on the shelf - not quite willing to take the plunge. I'd be interested to hear what you think of it.

I'd only classify three of her novels as dystopian: The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, and her most recent, Year of the Flood. Besides her novels, she's written poetry, non-fiction and short fiction. Some of my favourite Atwood is in her collections of essays and short fiction. For...

Curious why you would read something three times if you didn't think it very memorable. :confused:

You're thinking of Octavia E. Butler. Very different type of writer.

Who would you have play the leads?

So sorry I didn't see your message. I haven't signed in for a long, long time. Haven't heard anything new about Season 4. I fear it's taking too long and they're going to lose viewers.

I finished this last night and by the end of the book, it's quite apparent why her brother was called Chapter Eleven (or Bankruptcy in the translated versions). I marveled at how well Eugenides managed the narrative - shifting back and forth in time and character without ever losing me. In...

Is there a problem with tfs today?