It might not be lendable -- I bought Envy (that's the only one I bought -- the rest were available at the library) for my Kindle, and I wanted to loan it to you, but that option was not available. It's set by the publisher. If you go to your Manage Kindle page on Amazon, there should be a dropdown menu next to each title, and I think that menu is where you lend it, if it's allowed.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2012 11:01:08 am PST #18136 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 11:04:53 am PST #18137 of 28282
Because books.
Yeah, I checked and I don't see it. I need to read the John Green when it comes, but that's not till Thursday, so I'll dive back into BYT tonight and let you know what I think.
Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 12:54:18 pm PST #18138 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Crap, I'm already halfway through Crucible of Gold! I should savor it, but it's so nice to spend time with Temeraire and Iskierka again. Although I miss Perscita: I like her better than Iskierka, she causes far less trouble.
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2012 1:39:12 pm PST #18139 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Has anyone read Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls, by Matt Ruff? I loved Bad Monkeys, so I'm going to a signing tonight to buy it for him to sign, but I think that book also looks like something I would dig, since I love stories about identity.
Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 2:00:00 pm PST #18140 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Has anyone read Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls, by Matt Ruff?
Yes, although my copy was missing 50 pages in the middle, which was a bit of a problem. I really like Matt Ruff--he writes something strikingly different every time.
STHIO won the Tiptree Prize, but don't ask why. Just read it. It's not much like Bad Monkeys, though.
I suspect you'd like Sewer, Gas and Electric as well.
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2012 2:03:05 pm PST #18141 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That one just looks completely bizarre and wacky, but I might like it. I'm really interested in the premise of STHIO, and the reviews seem to indicate that the execution is strong. I do love narrators, unreliable or otherwise, and this book apparently has lots of 'em!
DebetEsse - Mar 06, 2012 3:58:49 pm PST #18142 of 28282
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Per his Twitter, it looks like Mark just finished RotK.
Just wanted to share that with people for whom it would be reasonably meaningful.
Pix - Mar 06, 2012 5:13:40 pm PST #18143 of 28282
The status is NOT quo.
Polter, his book Fool on the Hill is on my top 5 list. It was my favorite book all through college.
Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 5:45:17 pm PST #18144 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It was my favorite book all through college.
I spent my first 3 semesters at Cornell, and would have graduated the year before Ruff--we knew some of the same people. So yeah, when I read Fool, a couple years after college, it was enormously moving. Bit of a college fantasy.
Kat - Mar 06, 2012 6:18:20 pm PST #18145 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Best overheard on NPR today: "Dystopia is the new vampire for sure."