Do you ever preorder books on Amazon, then feel surprised when they show up?
Beau does this all the time and I tease him relentlessly for it. Given what y'all have expressed, maybe I need to be easier on him.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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."
le nubian - Sep 28, 2012 7:34:16 am PDT #19851 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sj - Sep 28, 2012 7:36:23 am PDT #19852 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Do you ever preorder books on Amazon, then feel surprised when they show up?
I pre-order books, and then get surprised when I receive an e-mail receipt/shipping notice. Then I quickly check that there is enough money to pay for the pre-order in my account.
javachik - Sep 28, 2012 9:42:32 am PDT #19853 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.
Oh Consuela, that sounds like everything Atonement wanted to be!
DavidS - Sep 28, 2012 4:45:48 pm PDT #19854 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you like historical non-fiction, or spies, or WWII or have a relative who eats that stuff up with a spoon I browsed through Double Cross by Ben McIntyre at the bookstore and it looks fascinating.
I have known that Germany had been fooled about the landing at Normandy but I hadn't known the story behind it. It was the result of a major (three year) espionage effort by Britain involving an extremely eccentric group of double agents.
Consuela - Sep 28, 2012 5:45:05 pm PDT #19855 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consuela, that sounds like everything Atonement wanted to be!
You know, I still haven't read Atonement (I know, I know), so I don't know. But it was very good.
Jesse - Sep 29, 2012 10:35:05 am PDT #19856 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is such a weird question, but does anyone have any Lawrence Block Matt Scudder books from the 80s they want to lend or sell me?
hippocampus - Sep 29, 2012 12:03:32 pm PDT #19857 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Have I linked to Food through the Pages before? [link] They are relevant to our interests. Food from Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards series, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Vlad Taltos.
Edited to make English not cry.
Polter-Cow - Oct 02, 2012 6:25:58 am PDT #19858 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Feed ebook on sale for $1.99. Get in on the zombie action!
Consuela - Oct 02, 2012 6:57:41 am PDT #19859 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Marisa Day has some recommendations for better-written erotica than the 50 Shades books: [link]
Atropa - Oct 02, 2012 9:03:43 am PDT #19860 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh hey, I should pick up Feed! It's the first one, right?
(Man, I am so behind on reading new things. I need to read all of Seanan's stuff. But I keep getting sucked back into the Vampire Chronicles, because I want comfort reading bombast.)