We’re out for tonight, but feel free to hang out in the comments and in the forums (the link is right over there to your right.) Keep your suggestions for Middlemarch Madness coming, Bee and Sara B. are working on a post for Wednesday afternoon that will list all the potential heroines broken down by genre.
In the spirit of the competition, I’ve just started reading Hunger Games on Meghan’s enthusiastic recommendation and I love it! I can see tearing through the whole series. Have a great night, everyone, we’ll see you at 9 tomorrow morning!
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I’m headed to bed after a cup of cocoa and an episode of Roseanne, but Sally J and Hattie are both early birds and should be around to approve anyone new overnight.
We only do approval so we can avoid spam, btw, so as long as you’re human we’ll approve you.
I added a new couple of do-dads to your member benefits, you can add images to an album through the magic black bar up top and you can see all the latest activity in the magic black bar down below. Magical!
See you all in the morning!
AN episode? As in ONE episode?
How do you do that? I’ve been watching for like 5 days straight. I’m almost to the end of season three right now….
It’s amazing that this show is still so goddamn funny after 20 years.
Hey all!
I’m a longtime lurker over at that other place, but was always intimidated by the approval process. This seems like a fresh start, and I already love Persephone, so here I am!
Can’t wait to get to know everyone!
Goodness, first visit as an OtherLadyBlog refugee, and the pages are full of Hunger Games and Handmaid’s Tale and Good Omens. Well, I certainly feel at home. Helloooo there, Persephone!
I’m not a big fan of the Americanized version of Being Human, but the soundtrack is pretty damn awesome.
Alright I’m giving this Tumblr thing a try. I’m now at madameporkstore.tumblr.com.
I kind of feel like I am to Tumblr as my 61 year old Dad is to Facebook. I’m like bumbling around trying to figure it out. How to I “reblog” things and/or respond to people’s Posts? I guess I’m specifically referring to STFU Jezzies. Can’t figure out how to respond to posts.
QUESTION.
I’m actually not that bookish. I’m not a very good reader, actually. I like books…but I’ve never been very good at it.
Can I still stay and play?
You seem perfectly clever, the either/or is implied. : ) Of course you can stay! Pull up a chair and get comfy.
Ooh, the Hunger Games series is such an amazing read. I challenge anybody who underestimates YA lit to pick up a copy and not change their mind. I loved those damn books so much I ventured into Hot Topic and purchased a t-shirt.
Hi all! I’ve officially said goodbye to Jezebel after the crap they passed off as a redesign and said hello to Persephone Mag… so far I’m loving the change!
Welcome aboard! It’s nice to have you here! We might break stuff, too, but it won’t be because evil ole Nick Denton told us to.
I just picked up Never Let Me Go at the airport for a flight. I need it to suck me in FAST! Anyone else think it starts slow?
YES. It does pick up speed somewhat, but the tone of the novel is such that it never really sucks you in in a whirlwind of plot-driven excitement. It’s an intriguing story regardless.
It’s definitely a slow burn of a book. There’s action in it, but to me, it was all about the atmosphere and the reveals as they’re spooled out. I didn’t find myself speeding through it, but I didn’t want to either.
I’ve added Hunger Games and Good Omens to my To Read list.
I’m new here, so can I ask a question here? The rotating pictures of Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, are they there for any particular occasion? Are they linked to any particular article?
It’s for Black History Month, it’s a work in progress. I need to make another banner that says “Persephone Celebrates Black History Month.” We had so many new people I had to pick all the socks up off the floor and clean the bathrooms.
Ask questions wherever you’d like!
There are so many new members! My email has been lighting up all night! Welcome to all the new Persephoneers! Jump in and make yourselves at home!
(I don’t always abuse exclamation points like this, it’s just exciting to see all the new people!)
I’m just checking back here after being over at the uh, ‘other site’, and you know what? It thrills (thrills!) me that this place is picking up steam (in terms of commenters commenting). The books (Middlemarch Madness is genius!)! The thoughtful and thought provoking articles! The Buffy/Firefly recaps! The thinking and talking about things that are not Kardashian, Palin or Lohan related! Huzzah!
How’s that for exclamation points?!
Ha! You can come sit by me.
I just came over here from Jez, though I’ve chosen a new identity. I’m really excited for this to be my new lady blog. I’ve even replaced my Jezebel bookmark with a Persephone one!
Insightful articles AND usability, I think I’ll be able to get used to this.
I’m excited. I’m pretty glad that the new ladyblog lay-out prompted me to leave for greener pastures. Yay!
I am going to have to read this Hunger Games series because I’ve seen them mentioned so many times. I see a trip to the library in my future.
@Sally, you will love them! They are fantastic, all manner of dystopia.
They’re awesome. The main character is a badass.
Man, everyone else I know who’s read The Hunger Games series (and me, too), tore through the books in a couple of days. Prepare to do nothing else but devour them.
I don’t get a ton of free time to read, but I’m going as fast as I can! It’s got a little in common with Ender’s Game, but I already like Hunger Games better.
I’ve read Hunger Games and have been waiting for the rest of the series to come out in paperback to read. I’m a little OCD in that I like for all of my series to be in the same sort of cover treatment. I tore through that book super fast. Grant it , it helped that I got stranded at work after our helicopter had to make an emergency landing due to weather and I had a couple of hours to kills before a car arrived. I can’t wait to read the next two.
P.S I am also finishing the Girl with Dragon Tattoo series (just finished the second book!). Still waiting for the third book to be in paperback too
Also, my username comes from another great YA series by Garth Nix called the Old Kingdom Series. Its includes the books Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen. They are great fantasy books with good female lead characters
Lirael was always my favorite of Nix’s characters. I first read the book while I was in a haze of bronchitis that kept me bedridden and groggy for a solid week, but even so, the character has stuck with me all these years.
And I love your username. :)
I can’t believe you’ve been able to wait like this to read the complete series. Once I started the first book, I couldn’t stop myself.
I am so excited for Middlemarch Madness. I think I need to read and re-read some of these books in preparation. I’ve never read The Handmaid’s Tale, but I want to. Is it depressing? I’ve been avoiding depressing books.
Well…it is somewhat depressing. I didn’t find myself feeling really glum after reading it like I have some other books, but it’s not what I would describe as uplifting. It’s one of those books that is worth it, or was worth it for me – it’s really great and very clever, and there are definitely moments that make you want to cheer.
I need to request it from the library. That post makes me sound like “wwaahh I don’t wanna read something if it’s gonna make me sad!” But I’ve just been so prone to depression that I’ve been enjoying lighter reading.
It’s pretty dystopic, but it’s a great story. It gave me piss shivers for a year after I read it. The movie adaptation isn’t bad, as far as movie versions go, that might be a way to dip your toes in the story without investing in the whole book. It will certainly make you think.
Funny you should mention it, I literally just finished it about fifteen minutes ago and opened up the laptop to update my list. (I keep a list of all the books I’ve read in a year.)
I found it nightmare inducing in a not-out-of-the-realm-of-what-could-happen-if-Palinists-have-their-way kind of way. It’s creepy but not depressing, if that makes any sense. Certainly not the same kind of depressing ending as 1984 or The Road.
I think you’d be fine with it. I too try to avoid depressing things due to depression, but Handmaid’s tail is more of a thriller than a downer. That said, if the idea of a dystopian alternate reality in which someone like Palin gets her way depresses you then maybe avoid it.
Thanks guys! Dystopian things don’t depress me usually, since I like to believe that it would never happen :-/
I had the somewhat surreal experience of reading The Handmaid’s Tale about a month before Sarah Palin was tapped as McCain’s would-have-been VP. If I had been on Tumblr at the time, I would have been posting about the similarities between her and Serena Joy.
In spite of the above, I don’t know that I’d call The Handmaid’s Tale “depressing.” Like @selena says, it’s dystopic, and with that comes a certain amount of emotional thrashing (same goes for The Hunger Games), but there’s definitely wiggle room to find some hope.
In short, I loved it.