Oh the wizard books! Good stuff. I lost track of them around the eighth book though - eight is too many of most things.
Eight?! I think I petered out around 5 or 6. Huh.
Yeah... That went well.
Mal ,'Trash'
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."
EpicTangent - Feb 18, 2013 10:34:41 am PST #20453 of 28358
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Consuela - Feb 18, 2013 5:44:41 pm PST #20454 of 28358
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, if you are interested, Duane is re-releasing an edited and updated set of the novels, which take into account advances in technology in the time since she started writing the series.
I bought the whole series in ebook form last year and read them in one gulp over a couple of weeks: they went down better that way, although I do think the first two or three are still the strongest. On the other hand, I did get very fond of the secondary characters, particularly Carmela, Kit's sister.
Amy - Feb 18, 2013 5:52:56 pm PST #20455 of 28358
Because books.
Help me pick? Now that I've finished Gone Girl, I need to start a new book, and I can't make up my mind.
The top choices are:
Looking For Alaska, John Green
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
the first Skullduggery Pleasant
That's if I ignore three books I've only half-finished.
-t - Feb 18, 2013 5:53:44 pm PST #20456 of 28358
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Skulduggery Pleasant! I think you will like it.
Consuela - Feb 18, 2013 5:54:05 pm PST #20457 of 28358
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I LOVED the Book Thief. Thought it was brilliant.
Steph L. - Feb 18, 2013 5:54:42 pm PST #20458 of 28358
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Skulduggery Pleasant! I think you will like it.
Oh yes. It's so entertaining. There are antics. And hilarity.
Amy - Feb 18, 2013 5:57:10 pm PST #20459 of 28358
Because books.
I like that there are no books Buffistas don't have opinions about.
Consuela, one of the books I need to finish is A Brief History of Montmaray. I sort of feel like it might be a little jarring to go there after Gone Girl, but it is another possibility.
meara - Feb 18, 2013 6:10:29 pm PST #20460 of 28358
I have Book Thief on my Kindle and haven't read it. I read half of Skulduggery Pleasant and put it down and never finished it. And I haven't read Looking for Alaska, but enjoyed Fault in Our Stars. So, um...I say finish Montmaray? (I read that one but have the other two books in the series and haven't read those!)
Consuela - Feb 18, 2013 6:12:06 pm PST #20461 of 28358
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really loved the Montmaray novels: read them all twice over within one twelve-month period.
If that means anything.
Amy - Feb 18, 2013 6:25:11 pm PST #20462 of 28358
Because books.
I can't remember why I put down Montmaray in the first place, but I did love what I had read to that point. (Oh, I think a library book came in and then I forgot to go back. Books are so SHINY.)