While She Knits

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Summer is over, school has started, Megan is back in Ohio knitting a new pair of socks for her upcoming trip to Boston as a Boston-Globe Horn Book Awards Honoree, and thesehnsucht 's recent post brings to mind just how long it has been since we had a WSK conversation.

What books have you read recently that really left an impression on you?  What are the ones on your To Be Read or Upcoming New Release lists that you are simply itching to get at? 

Comments

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

My theory is that the male fantasy woman - "guy bait," if you will - is like Denna or the John Green girls: someone smart and funny and gorgeous and pretty much perfect; your unattainable best friend who always goes for the guys that make you feel small and useless, until one day she turns around and falls for you. So Denna isn't supposed to appeal to me anyway, which explains why I dislike her so much.

Honestly, I don't know if girls like that even exist - ya know, perfect ones, not smart and gorgeous - except in guys' imaginations. While they're pining. And at least we know that he doesn't end up with Denna *phew* because he's alone in his inn. Except for his student (who had better have a bigger presence in the next book, because I liked him). Although I guess she might show up again, because it's not just Kvothe telling his story; there's also the monster spider stuff going on, which is another thing I liked about the book.

I'm off to - tentatively - find a copy of Ursula le Guin's book. :)

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

Just jumping in here to say I really don't like Denna either and am fervently hoping someone shoves her off a high mountain in the next book. My husband loves this book more than I do but he equally can't stand her character. (He has also read QT and very much likes Irene.) So that bait doesn't work for all guys.

My favorite parts of this book were the ones with Kvothe in his inn. That is why I am so willing to pick up the next volume. I want to know more about that guy. And I agree with Beth. His sidekick?, assistant?, fanboy?, whatever is really fascinating. Want to know more about him.

[traboule.livejournal.com]

Best description of Bast ever. He's probably all of the above, and some kind of supernatural thingy to boot.

I will happily push Denna off a high mountain - although my friend thinks Kvothe is going to kill her at some point. That works too.

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

Yes, Bast is definitely supernatural too. My favorite scene in the whole book is probably the one at the end between him and Chronicler.

I like your friend's idea. Maybe Kvothe can push her off the high mountain. :)