Eeeps! The new Temeraire just landed on my Kindle! YAY!
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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."
Consuela - Mar 05, 2012 7:56:13 pm PST #18125 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kat - Mar 06, 2012 5:00:31 am PST #18126 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I just read the new John Green book. I am utterly blown away.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 5:02:39 am PST #18127 of 28282
Because books.
Mine will be here on Thursday. Am I going to spend the weekend crying?
Kat - Mar 06, 2012 5:13:45 am PST #18128 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It's not a tearjerker, really. I mean except for the kids dying from cancer part.
His characters are just funny and witty and wonderful. Totally enjoyed it (read it yesterday). I need to re-read it today.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 5:14:43 am PST #18129 of 28282
Because books.
Oh, good.
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2012 7:00:09 am PST #18130 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So Seanan McGuire's new book, Discount Armageddon, is out today, and I think it would appeal to Buffistas, given its Buffy-esque qualities. As I was reading it, I thought it would make a good TV show.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 7:39:39 am PST #18131 of 28282
Because books.
Tep, did you finish the last Luxe book? I did! I'm mostly okay with it, but a little underwhelmed.
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2012 10:25:54 am PST #18132 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh yeah, I did. I though that Henry's sudden change of heart about being all responsible and shit after his father died was a bit of an asspull, but I kind of feel like Diana is better off without him anyway.
The evil Snowden thing was a bit overwrought, I thought, and I could see the reunion with Teddy coming from a mile away, but, you know, happy endings.
And I actually felt a little sorry for Lina, but then it seemed like things turned out okay anyway.
I thought Penelope would have a much worse fate than she did, so I was a little bummed about that. I am apparently bloodthirsty.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 10:37:31 am PST #18133 of 28282
Because books.
Oh, me too, on Penelope. Although the way she and Henry settled for each other, taking the devil you know, was sadder than I expected, in its way, but given the era, probably fitting.
I was a little annoyed I called Snowden being evil two whole books before the reveal, but as far as character development goes, he had zero anyway, so. And yes on the reunion! I was happy about that, for both of them, but possibly a little more for Teddy .
Lina's had story started to read like a morality play to me, but then the ending did seem true to what happened in that era. And I was very glad she finally pulled her head out of her ass and reunited with her sister. I mean, the minute she inherited, she should have had her there, as staff, if nothing else.
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2012 10:44:00 am PST #18134 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I know! When I got to the part about Snowden being evil, it made me laugh because I remembered you asking if he was behind Will's death, and I said no. Because it didn't seem like it at the time.
I can't decide if I want to read her next series (is it Bright Young Things?), since I already added 3 books to my TBR pile in the past 2 weeks. t edit And a short story (or novella? whatever the Skulduggery Pleasant End of the World thing is considered).