Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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."


Amy - Apr 26, 2011 11:58:25 am PDT #14545 of 28701
Because books.

Bear in mind I haven't read these, although I've sampled the first two on the list above.

The 43 Old Cemetery Road series.

The Case of the Missing Marquess, the first in a series about Enola Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft's much younger sister.

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos. Also part of a series.


Atropa - Apr 26, 2011 12:02:07 pm PDT #14546 of 28701
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Oh hey, I think I've got the Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos book upstairs in one of the to-be-read stacks. Go me!


Atropa - Apr 26, 2011 12:04:46 pm PDT #14547 of 28701
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

The Case of the Missing Marquess, the first in a series about Enola Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft's much younger sister.

That sounds like EXACTLY what I need to look at.


Steph L. - Apr 26, 2011 1:19:22 pm PDT #14548 of 28701
That which does not kill you should RUN

That series Steph loves so much, Skulduggery Pleasant ?

Oooh, yes! Though, like the Harry Potter books, they get darker as they go along.


Amy - Apr 27, 2011 5:51:30 am PDT #14549 of 28701
Because books.

Have extra books lying around? Put them to use.


Tom Scola - Apr 27, 2011 7:17:08 am PDT #14550 of 28701
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Abridged Harry Potter.


Polter-Cow - Apr 27, 2011 7:49:55 am PDT #14551 of 28701
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

History of Sci-Fi. Pretty interesting to examine.


Consuela - Apr 27, 2011 8:01:09 am PDT #14552 of 28701
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Seen that one. There's a lot of women writers missing.


Dana - Apr 27, 2011 9:07:54 am PDT #14553 of 28701
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Shocker.


Atropa - Apr 27, 2011 9:52:17 am PDT #14554 of 28701
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Have extra books lying around? Put them to use.

There's a seller on Etsy who is making purses out of books. Someone on FB linked me to the Dracula one.