I'm trying to make a "Who's on First/So Lonely" joke here, but failing.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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."
flea - Sep 16, 2013 4:52:49 am PDT #21407 of 28370
information libertarian
Amy - Sep 16, 2013 4:54:52 am PDT #21408 of 28370
Because books.
Right?
Consuela - Sep 16, 2013 5:12:15 am PDT #21409 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
For a change of pace, I've been reading the Dhulyn & Parno novels by Violette Malan. They're pretty classic sword-and-sorcery novels, about a pair of bonded Mercenary Brothers (kind of like samurai), who get into all sorts of trouble as they wander the world. One of them is a kickass woman, but they both are kind of interesting and I love their relationship, which is way more than a romance.
Anyway, they're pretty fun and as the series goes on the world-building gets really interesting. The writing is pretty good, although Malan's got a different idea of proper POV than I do (she will switch POVs in the same paragraph, argh). But her characters are interesting, the plots not too straightforward, and the cultures kind of cool. Plus, there's the occasional gesture towards addressing issues of race and gender.
The first one is The Sleeping God, and so far there are four of them. If you liked old Conan stories, or Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, you might like these as a contemporary version, where the women get to do more than be rescued from ancient evils.
hippocampus - Sep 16, 2013 5:36:27 am PDT #21410 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
I read Charm and Strange last night. That book needs a trigger warning. Something on the cover, or in the blurbs. Seriously. It's very, very good, but, as with a couple of YAs I've read, possibly a bit overwrought in telegraphing all the feels.
Amy - Sep 16, 2013 5:49:17 am PDT #21411 of 28370
Because books.
The stuff I've seen on Amazon hints that it gets pretty dark at the end. But you recommend it?
hippocampus - Sep 16, 2013 6:03:45 am PDT #21412 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
I liked it much more than I initially thought I would. It doesn't talk down, it stays in the narrator's head consistently. It's from an unusual POV and it's beautifully written. It's not conducive to sleeping well that night. And yes, massive trigger warning.
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2013 6:14:40 am PDT #21413 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sox, I put the book on my to-read list after my friend's review was "I need to go puke now."
hippocampus - Sep 16, 2013 6:35:06 am PDT #21414 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
PC - your friend's not far off. I wanted a punching bag. Alas, it was midnight.
Kat - Sep 17, 2013 2:56:10 am PDT #21415 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read any of the Rainbow Rowell books?
Amy - Sep 17, 2013 4:25:24 am PDT #21416 of 28370
Because books.
I haven't yet, but I would like to. Eleanor and Park more than Fangirl, though, or at least first.