Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


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."


Amy - Jul 18, 2012 4:03:55 pm PDT #19395 of 28476
Because books.

I was bored in the first chapter! But I'll probably try it again.


Kat - Jul 18, 2012 4:17:25 pm PDT #19396 of 28476
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

HA! Yeah, I can see that. The book and the library? Not super exciting. Though essential to the series.


Amy - Jul 18, 2012 4:21:10 pm PDT #19397 of 28476
Because books.

I could stand to learn patience a little better, it's true. I was planning on going back to it, but King's Duma Key sucked me in hard, and the woman who'd loaned the book needed it back anyway.


Kat - Jul 18, 2012 4:23:18 pm PDT #19398 of 28476
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

The second book, though, is beautifully historically researched. It was a very fun read. But then again, I know lots of people, Erin too maybe, who didn't like the book.

She's a professor at USC and has taught a handful of my former students.


sj - Jul 18, 2012 4:27:16 pm PDT #19399 of 28476
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I read the kindle sample of Discovery, but I hated the characters so I never purchased it.


Amy - Jul 18, 2012 4:27:30 pm PDT #19400 of 28476
Because books.

My to-read list is so absurd at this point, it's hard to figure out what to read when. I still have to read Code Name Verity for book club on Sunday, and I haven't even started the Montmaray book or finished The Night Circus.


sj - Jul 18, 2012 4:31:12 pm PDT #19401 of 28476
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I have started several books over the last week, but I haven't stuck with anything. Maybe I'll read Night Circus.


Kat - Jul 18, 2012 4:36:12 pm PDT #19402 of 28476
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Based on the monkey see blog over at NPR, I read Pammy's book and the new Jennifer Weiner book last week. They were fun.


Kat - Jul 18, 2012 4:36:48 pm PDT #19403 of 28476
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

My next book is either the new Tana French or Laura Moriaty's book The Chaperone.


Amy - Jul 18, 2012 4:38:17 pm PDT #19404 of 28476
Because books.

Pammy?

I've never been able to read more than Jennifer Weiner's first book. And they seem like the kind of books I would love! But I just don't click with her.

I've also been in a weird mood. After Duma Key, which was fantastic, I was tempted to stick with King for the rest of the summer. There are a bunch I haven't read.