Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


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."


sj - Jun 17, 2012 4:13:21 pm PDT #19183 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Just you wait.

Thank you for the My Fair Lady earworm.


Steph L. - Jun 18, 2012 3:46:32 pm PDT #19184 of 28342
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Ahahaha! Tim is now 7 chapters into the 5th Skulduggery Pleasant book.

SO MUCH WIN.

I didn't even have to offer him sex to get him to read it.

And now he's like, "I get why everyone thinks the Necromancers are such dicks. BECAUSE THEY ARE." And I'm like, "You have NO IDEA."


Hil R. - Jun 18, 2012 3:57:08 pm PDT #19185 of 28342
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I got a little further into Dance with Dragons. And, whoa, the Bastard of Bolton is a complete psycho.


smonster - Jun 18, 2012 4:15:12 pm PDT #19186 of 28342
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Curses! I accidentally got the 5th Parasol Protectorate from the library before the 4th. It's just sitting there, taunting me.


Polter-Cow - Jun 18, 2012 6:36:30 pm PDT #19187 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ugh, Silver on the Tree is the worst of the five! Whatever, Dark is Rising Sequence. What. Ever. I tried.


smonster - Jun 19, 2012 1:33:10 pm PDT #19188 of 28342
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Hey, I totally hated Geek Love. Not all books are for all readers.


Gris - Jun 19, 2012 2:42:31 pm PDT #19189 of 28342
Hey. New board.

Silver on the Tree absolutely is the worst of the five.


Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2012 2:56:08 pm PDT #19190 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Greenwitch was my favorite, and I think I like Over Sea, Under Stone a little more in retrospect. And maybe even The Dark Is Rising is better in retrospect. If only because they're all better than The Grey King and Silver on the Tree.


Consuela - Jun 19, 2012 3:20:46 pm PDT #19191 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Funny, because it was The Grey King that won all the awards. I actually like it a lot, because it's really spooky and atmospheric, and has all that tragic backstory associated with it.

The end of Silver on the Tree always annoys me, though: WHY do they have to forget everything? I'm not alone: every year there are a couple of Yuletide stories that "fix" that. Some of them are quite good, actually.


Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2012 3:32:20 pm PDT #19192 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I actually like it a lot, because it's really spooky and atmospheric, and has all that tragic backstory associated with it.

There's some good stuff, but mostly it spends pages and pages on sheep and being Welsh with very little happening.

WHY do they have to forget everything?

Because mortals are dumb! Old Ones are the best! Being special is special!