Buffistas

Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'

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

Discussion Threads

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."

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Gris - Oct 09, 2011 4:23:05 am PDT #16552 of 28390

Hey. New board.

Calibre can deal with the DRM, though it's of questionable legality. For a free book, though, I doubt anybody could argue the ethics side. Why HarperCollins is offering it free on Amazon but not on B&N is anybody's guess, but I'm sure they'll be happy if you read it, love it, and buy the rest. That's what they're going for.

I won't publish how to remove the DRM with Calibre here, but if you want to discuss it off-board, e-mail me.

ETA: Alternatively, Google will find it pretty easily.

Gris - Oct 09, 2011 4:27:19 am PDT #16553 of 28390

Hey. New board.

Awesomely, it looks like books 2 and 3 are available through the NYPL as Kindle books (the first book is, too, but I already got that obviously)! Yay!

Steph L. - Oct 09, 2011 6:40:09 am PDT #16554 of 28390

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Also, Teppy, have you read "Goliath" yet?

To my utter shame, I haven't even read "Behemoth" yet. They're on my to-read list, but I'm still working my way through the Amelia Peabody books, and I just got "The Magician King" from the library Friday.

Strix - Oct 09, 2011 7:30:01 am PDT #16555 of 28390

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I read 'Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest the other day -- it's on sale at B&N for 2.99, had $3 in my change jar so said eff it.

I was underwhelmed.

Dana - Oct 09, 2011 7:55:42 am PDT #16556 of 28390

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

That was my reaction to it too.

Strix - Oct 09, 2011 8:04:14 am PDT #16557 of 28390

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Good, it wasn't just me. I felt the characters weren't really developed well. I could have really cared less about them.

Steph L. - Oct 09, 2011 9:03:03 am PDT #16558 of 28390

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I started Boneshaker and didn't finish it. The premise sounded right up my alley, but I just wasn't feeling it. I hate not finishing books, but I could NOT get into it, and life is too short.

Sue - Oct 09, 2011 4:11:15 pm PDT #16559 of 28390

hip deep in pie

I read The Night Circus this weekend. Loved it. Love the world she built and reading the book was such a pleasure. Hated coming to the end of the book.

Ginger - Oct 09, 2011 4:45:30 pm PDT #16560 of 28390

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I liked Boneshaker. I had problems with the son as a viewpoint character, but I thought the other characters and the world building made it worthwhile. I am a sucker for cobbled together survival scenarios, though.

Connie Neil - Oct 09, 2011 6:33:35 pm PDT #16561 of 28390

brillig

Barnes & Noble has the Skullduggery Pleasant book as a free download too.

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