You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.

Tracy ,'The Message'


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."


smonster - Apr 05, 2012 6:23:04 am PDT #18372 of 28293
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Well, I got that from "Sincerely, L. Cohen." I guess I was more wondering whether the others referenced were actual people.


erikaj - Apr 05, 2012 6:30:25 am PDT #18373 of 28293
Always Anti-fascist!

I don't know that story, smonster. Probably. Sorry for the tangent.


smonster - Apr 05, 2012 7:35:19 am PDT #18374 of 28293
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

No, erika, that was more directed at Ginger. NBD. I could google, I suppose.


Ginger - Apr 05, 2012 7:38:20 am PDT #18375 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

smonster, I've never heard of anyone specific and Cohen only says cryptic things about it.


Consuela - Apr 05, 2012 12:19:17 pm PDT #18376 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So, thanks to Snacky on LJ, I picked up A Brief History of Montmaray by Michele Cooper, which is a darling not-quite-historical AU YA novel set in 1936.

The story feels very much like I Capture the Castle, except instead of a castle, we have an imaginary island kingdom with only a dozen inhabitants, a mad king, and three young princesses, one of whom is the narrator. They do their own housekeeping, live on fish and the occasional imported ham, and then the Germans show up...

It's really quite entertaining, and when I get home I'm going to order the next two.


Amy - Apr 05, 2012 12:28:14 pm PDT #18377 of 28293
Because books.

That sounds awesome, Consuela. I loved I Capture the Castle, too.


Consuela - Apr 05, 2012 12:32:13 pm PDT #18378 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Amy, I think it's right up your line. There's clearly some romance in the future, but the author is taking her time with the pacing.


Amy - Apr 05, 2012 12:42:26 pm PDT #18379 of 28293
Because books.

It really does. Diary-keeping, imaginary kingdoms, madness, an island!, the 1930s ... I might look for it tomorrow at our local indie.


smonster - Apr 05, 2012 2:57:29 pm PDT #18380 of 28293
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

smonster, I've never heard of anyone specific and Cohen only says cryptic things about it.

Gotcha. Hope I didn't come off too snarky, was not my intent.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 05, 2012 4:05:35 pm PDT #18381 of 28293
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I read the second book in that series, as it was available on the kindle from the library, and it was really quite good. Because I hadn't read the first, I could not figure out who were siblings and who were cousins