I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.

Spike ,'Chosen'


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."


§ ita § - Jul 07, 2013 2:47:35 pm PDT #21006 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Cat and her sister Bee

Cousin?

The woman on the first two covers looks darker skinned than the third, but the review I read said the epic was written in close pov of just one person, so it seemed to fit that it would be her on all the covers.

The first book was on sale for $1.99, and it doesn't really take up space per se, and insert standard excuses here:


Consuela - Jul 07, 2013 9:06:17 pm PDT #21007 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Cousin?

Yes, cousin, but raised as sisters. One thing I really like is that the relationship between the women is as important as the romantic relationship between the two romantic leads.


EpicTangent - Jul 08, 2013 9:18:10 am PDT #21008 of 28370
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Please see Amy's 2 posts above for a very coherent write-up of pretty much exactly precisely how I felt about The Fitzosbornes at War, but couldn't quite verbalize.


Amy - Jul 08, 2013 9:52:05 am PDT #21009 of 28370
Because books.

They're so good!

Did they really think they were going to get away with this? People, I swear.


Kat - Jul 08, 2013 4:16:51 pm PDT #21010 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Have any of you read Hangman's Daughter? I finished it yesterday -- 16th century Germany and a murder mystery. So enjoyable.


Pix - Jul 08, 2013 5:24:00 pm PDT #21011 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.

I read it. Enjoyable, though I kept feeling like it had the potential to be even more so, if that makes any sense.


Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2013 8:35:00 pm PDT #21012 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Heeeeey, le nubian, it's months later, but I just finished The Human Division, and I can totally see your criticisms, but I really liked it anyway. Scalzi's comments here do help me understand what happened regarding the lack of resolution on the mystery plot, and I do agree that the B-team becoming the A-team was the real story, but it's still a bit frustrating. I'm definitely looking forward to the sequel, though.

If you liked the writing and the world of the book, I highly recommend you read the other books in the series. I promise each one of those has a beginning, middle, and end.


Sue - Jul 09, 2013 2:57:30 am PDT #21013 of 28370
hip deep in pie

Have any of you read Hangman's Daughter? I finished it yesterday -- 16th century Germany and a murder mystery. So enjoyable.

I haven't but it was only $4 for the Kindle so...I will.


Amy - Jul 09, 2013 3:12:48 am PDT #21014 of 28370
Because books.

Ooh, is it still? I'd been thinking of reading it, too.


Sue - Jul 09, 2013 3:19:52 am PDT #21015 of 28370
hip deep in pie

Well, I go through Canadian Amazon, but prices are usually the same.