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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."

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Gris - Oct 09, 2011 4:23:05 am PDT #16552 of 28289

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 28289

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 28289

I look more rad than Lutheranism

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 28289

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 28289

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 28289

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 28289

I look more rad than Lutheranism

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 28289

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 28289

"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 28289

brillig

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

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