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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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Amy - Dec 27, 2011 10:20:42 am PST #17237 of 28282
Because books.

I need to reread The Yellow Wallpaper soon. Also Herland, which wasn't as good, but is still fascinating.

I think if I had to recommend a book to anyone to read, one of my top picks would be Margaret Lawrence's Hearts and Bones and then the two that followed, Blood Red Roses and The Burning Bride. They're historical mysteries set after the Revolutionary War, and Hannah Trevor, an educated midwife in a small town in Maine, is the protagonist. Aside from the mysteries, the historical detail is incredible, and really gritty, and the prose is just beautiful. Plus, Hannah is kickass, despite her many reasons to be melancholy and resentful. Such a good series.

There's a fourth one that's more loosely related, The Ice Weaver, and it's also gorgeous, but almost painfully so. For one, it's set in the dead of winter, and you really feel it, and it also follows a character you knew as a child in the other books, and what happens to her is heartbreaking. I haven't actually finished that one -- I keep meaning to read it in the summer, or when I don't feel like it's going to shatter me.

DavidS - Dec 27, 2011 11:37:00 am PST #17238 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yellow Wallpaper for those who want it on their ebooks.

(Though I'd be a little afraid of the pattern invading my ebook and sucking me in. "The Yellow Kindle"!)

le nubian - Dec 27, 2011 2:10:04 pm PST #17239 of 28282
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Has Cloud Atlas been discussed here? I am thinking about picking it up.

Polter-Cow - Dec 27, 2011 2:12:26 pm PST #17240 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I've been intrigued by it from the description. It seems like a book I'd dig. But it's long, so I haven't given it a shot yet.

le nubian - Dec 27, 2011 2:26:42 pm PST #17241 of 28282
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

The movie comes out soon, so I hope to finish it before the movie.

megan walker - Dec 27, 2011 2:36:23 pm PST #17242 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Has Cloud Atlas been discussed here? I am thinking about picking it up.

Shoot, I meant to put that on my list. Ah, well.

For people that couldn't post a comment on my blog, are you using IE? I remember vaguely that I was having problems with keeping signed in to Blogger with IE, which is why I eventually switched to Chrome.

Jessica - Dec 27, 2011 2:42:28 pm PST #17243 of 28282
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I fell head over heels in love with Cloud Atlas, but I thought Ghostwritten was even better. I have a giant stack of David Mitchell on my TBR list now, but I have to pace them out or I get dizzy.

sj - Dec 27, 2011 2:46:24 pm PST #17244 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

For people that couldn't post a comment on my blog, are you using IE? I remember vaguely that I was having problems with keeping signed in to Blogger with IE, which is why I eventually switched to Chrome.

Nope, Firefox.

hippocampus - Dec 27, 2011 4:04:57 pm PST #17245 of 28282
not your mom's socks.

I'm using chrome. I tried to sign in with my WordPress account. It kept telling me my information couldn't be verified. It was perfectly happy to take my google info.

megan walker - Dec 27, 2011 4:41:47 pm PST #17246 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Yeah, I think now that Google owns Blogger it's on a mission.

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