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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Atropa - Apr 05, 2010 12:14:35 pm PDT #11190 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I finished the book while lounging in the bath, and apparently I made the squeaky noises of outrage when I finished it. Because Pete (who was in the living room) laughed and called out "So, cliffhanger? Poor goth girl".


Deena - Apr 05, 2010 12:17:56 pm PDT #11191 of 28344
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I really, really hate cliffhangers. Hate. And yet, it wasn't... quite. But it was! Very distressing. And I can't put her on my "authors never to be trusted again" shelf because the books are too good.


Gris - Apr 05, 2010 12:29:34 pm PDT #11192 of 28344
Hey. New board.

I want Seanan to win for the young adult chick lit novel I first read about four years ago, but it remains unpublished. I enjoyed the Toby book I read, but it don't blow me away.

I may purchase the other books you all are recommending right now.


Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2010 12:36:58 pm PDT #11193 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I want Seanan to win for the young adult chick lit novel I first read about four years ago, but it remains unpublished.

Which one? Chasing St. Margaret ? I haven't read it, but I'm waiting for Lycanthropy and Other Personal Issues to be published. That one's fun.

I enjoyed the Toby book I read, but it don't blow me away.

Yeah, I like them, and I respect the worldbuilding, but I wasn't blown away. Feed did, however.

I may purchase the other books you all are recommending right now.

Soulless is very entertaining and enjoyable.


Gris - Apr 05, 2010 12:40:59 pm PDT #11194 of 28344
Hey. New board.

I Upon a Star was the one I read. It was adorable. Not really fantasy, more like something Meg Cabot might write. I read Lycanthropy, too, and enjoyed it.

I just ordered Soulless, The Hunger Games, and the second Toby book. Kindles plus airports plus this thread are dangerous.


Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2010 12:50:51 pm PDT #11195 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Upon a Star was the one I read.

Ah, haven't read that one either.

Not really fantasy, more like something Meg Cabot might write.

I haven't read her.

Kindles plus airports plus this thread are dangerous.

Ha, nice. The second Toby book is very different from the first, I think. It has a different vibe, but it does what it does well. And I really like April.

Heeeeey, Jilli and Deena, since I'm not used to reading urban fantasy: is Changeless really different from Soulless in tone and structure?


Steph L. - Apr 05, 2010 1:01:39 pm PDT #11196 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

P-C, have you read Breathers yet? I'm looking for someone to giggle with over how Utterly Wrong and so so SO funny it is.

Am currently reading Boneshaker, which intrigues me. I'm not too far into it yet; Zeke just left. I'm alternating that with Liz Marcs' BTVS fanfic, which I don't know how I hadn't found yet. (Wow, that was ungrammatical!)

And also waiting impatiently for Skulduggery Pleasant to wend its way here from the UK.


Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2010 1:07:59 pm PDT #11197 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

P-C, have you read Breathers yet? I'm looking for someone to giggle with over how Utterly Wrong and so so SO funny it is.

No, but it's on The List! As is Boneshaker, especially after the Hugo nomination.

Ha, maybe I will read Breathers after Feed. That should be fun. Oh, I should do it while I'm reading the Deadline draft, just to confuse everything horribly.

Maybe they'll have a used copy at Borderlands. That's how I picked up Soulless. Or I could just borrow it from Seanan.


Deena - Apr 05, 2010 1:15:49 pm PDT #11198 of 28344
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

is Changeless really different from Soulless

No, though both are different from the usual paranormal fiction available now.


Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2010 1:19:33 pm PDT #11199 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I imagine that's why they're so popular.