Wonderfalls, things that comfort us and plea for book recs

[shadowkat]

Terribly bummed today. For numerous reasons that I won't bore people with. You could probably figure them out anyway if you've been reading my live journal. Besides after a while the details start to sound like a long incessant whine.

A brief R.I.P for Wonderfalls. I'm not surprised it was cancelled. Actually more or less saw it coming. But I do wish Fox had given it at least as much of a chance as they gave Arrested Development and Tru Calling. Hoping they will burn off the episodes in the summer. But not counting on it. Maybe Trio will pick it up for Brilliant But Cancelled??

Okay enuf depressing/ranty stuff - this is sort of a meme, but not really because my brain isn't operating at full speed this week and I keep blanking on questions or answers to them, which ahem is why I don't do memes. I get halfway through and blank...okay have no idea what to put there, guess I can't do this. So this is like all my memes, feel free to play and create your own variation. And you don't have to answer all the questions.



1. What article of clothing comforts you ?

Soft sweaters or sweatshirts. I have a cardigan sweater I've been loving lately.

2. What book or type of book comforts you? (you can list as many as you want or just a type if you've blanked on it)

Fantasy stories generally. I find Harry Potter and PG Wodehouse oddly comforting. Also the occassional
Janet Evonich novel.

3. What tv show or type of tv show? (can list as many as you want)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer for a while. Then it was briefly Joan of Arcadia (up until the last five episodes which have annoyed me). Fantasy shows usually. Dramas with a serial nature. ER used to.
[Procedural dramas like CSI and Law & Order depress me and stress me out for some reason.]

4. What types of movies or movies? (can list as many as you want)

Zero Effect. Grosse Pointe Blank. The Harry Potter movies.

5. What type of food and drink?

Pasta. Chocolate. Cookie Dough. Greek Meatballs. Apple Pie made by my mother. Stress-B Vitamin Water, Hot Tea, Hot Cider. A glass of smooth red wine, usually merlot or pinot noir.

6. Add your own category - music, poetry, whatever....

For me - music: Mozart, Aimee Mann, Sarah Mclachlan, Crash Test Dummies, The Cheiftans, and The Monkees.
But this changes all the time.



Need some book advice!!
Considering buying one of the following from Amazon:

1. Reading Lolita in Tehran
2. The Best of HP Lovecraft's Blood-Curdling Tales
3. Grave Deserts (?) by Jim Butcher
4. The Last Hot Spot by John M Ford
5. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
6. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
7. The St. Germain books by Chelsea Quinn Yarbaro

Any other recs?

Which do you recommend? Have you read any of them? If so let me know what you think. Thanks, muchly.

Comments

[ponygirl2000.livejournal.com]

Skipping the meme for now 'cause The OC is on in 10 minutes!

Anyhoo book recs. I just finished The Last Hot Time and while I didn't adore it like everyone else seems to have, it was pretty good. I found some of the motivations a bit murky and it just plunges into this alternate world without much explanation. That's fine but I did have a few huh moments - could just be me. Reading Lolita is fabulous and I agree that everyone should read it. If you're looking for a comfort read though... it does demonstrate the power of literature to sustain, but the oppression these women faced can be infuriating - as it should be. Neverwhere is actually on my comfort books list (along with Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds it would be in my top 5 comfort reads, the rest being kid books). I always picture BtVS characters as some of the main players, so it's an extra kick of good stuff for me.

Hmmm...thanks for this

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I think I may have to bow and buy Reading Lolita, just because everytime I walk into a bookstore, it calls to me.
Course I should read Lolita first. Seen both film versions. But somehow not the same.

Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds

This I haven't heard of. Must look into it. Comfort book?
Also several people have rec'd Neverwhere now...interesting. I did like the description of it.