I liked The Body Artist and it worked well in the short format.
Wash: I mean, I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey. Mal: Listen... She swore to obey? Wash: Well, no, not...
'War Stories'
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."
sj - Feb 03, 2011 1:03:51 pm PST #13839 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
dcp - Feb 03, 2011 3:30:26 pm PST #13840 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
So what do you like in the short form?
Tea With the Black Dragon -- R. A. MacAvoy
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 5:26:45 pm PST #13841 of 28282
brillig
Tea With the Black Dragon
Lovely book, though I wouldn't call it a novella.
dcp - Feb 03, 2011 5:47:57 pm PST #13842 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Too long?
beth b - Feb 03, 2011 5:56:45 pm PST #13843 of 28282
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
I just realized I like shorter books to be a little more thoughtful
and i really hope none of you have missed the Uncommon reader
Amy - Feb 03, 2011 6:01:41 pm PST #13844 of 28282
Because books.
I don't think I've heard of Uncommon Reader, beth. I'll have to look it up.
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 6:15:33 pm PST #13845 of 28282
brillig
Too long?
It seems like an average length for SFF books that came out at that time.
-t - Feb 03, 2011 6:17:31 pm PST #13846 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I read the sequel, but I never read Tea. Thanks for the reminder that it exists!
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 6:19:25 pm PST #13847 of 28282
brillig
Sequel???
beth b - Feb 03, 2011 6:19:54 pm PST #13848 of 28282
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
really good. completely buy accident Queen Elizabeth II discovers the joy of becoming a reader . And a vocabulary that sent my DH to the dictionary a few times. ( that almost never happens to him )