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."


hippocampus - Dec 05, 2013 8:46:05 am PST #21685 of 28370
not your mom's socks.

If you are reading Hild, there's a glossary: [link]


Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2013 6:30:05 pm PST #21686 of 28370
brillig

Anyone who's interested in British murder mysteries should look up the BBC documentary A Very British Murder, which is on YouTube. It's a 3 part series covering British fascination with murder from the 17th century, and how murder mystery fiction has developed. Lucy Worsley is a great host. Her interview with P.D. James is fascinating, and there's a tape recording of Agatha Christie mulling over plots.

edit: And now she's talking about Dorothy Sayers! And the skull Eric (or Erica).


Sophia Brooks - Dec 05, 2013 7:08:51 pm PST #21687 of 28370
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you! This sounds awesome.


meara - Dec 05, 2013 7:42:19 pm PST #21688 of 28370

OK, suggestions, anyone--how do I get rid of most of my hardcopy books? I really need to not have so many bookshelves full of books. But while I can and will just donate many of the thrillers and romances, some of the rest...well, a few I already have ebooks of, because they were cheap, or because I forgot I owned them (..also why I have two copies of some hardcopy!). I feel like there are definitely some books I want to keep for making me happy (...or the hardbacks, because damnit, I spent money on those). But ebooks are not as convenient as CDs when it comes to digitizing. What to do? Do I just decide to get rid of large swaths of my books, and figure if I miss it, I'll buy it on kindle, and if I don't, I didn't need it anyway?


Gris - Dec 06, 2013 2:01:56 am PST #21689 of 28370
Hey. New board.

Your last sentence is mostly what I do. I also look at my local library's ebook selection before donating: if they have it I figure I can always get it that way if I want to read it again. I really try to only keep books I may want to expose to others or fit the "may want to reread during a simple browse at any moment" kind of happy makers. Which for me means I keep more silly fantasy books than I keep truly great books, because if I am desperately browsing for a reread I am looking for visceral pleasure.


Kat - Dec 06, 2013 3:07:35 am PST #21690 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I barely keep any books in hard copy or ebooks (which I primarily get from the library) at this point. For the books I buy in hardcopy, I take them to school where they disappear into the ether. I figure I won't re-read and if I do, I can get it at the library.


Toddson - Dec 06, 2013 6:04:24 am PST #21691 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

To answer Typo - on thinking, the werewolves are actually shape-shifters - not tied to the moon, able to change back and forth quickly. Being connected to them is a social plus; since they change, fashions are for loose clothing that can be removed easily; shoes are optional for the actual wolves (called "the Pack"). They're attracted to people with magical power; the heroine, early on at a reception, has members of the Pack coming up and telling her she smells "amazing". Her mother's a social climber and pushes her to attract someone - anyone - from the Pack. The husbands/wives of Pack members are called the Mage Pack, since they all have magical power.

I finished it and it's good - interesting world building, lots of action scenes. No actual sex, although there's a fair amount of Pack members running around without clothing (in human form) and a fair amount of snuggling.


meara - Dec 06, 2013 6:26:27 am PST #21692 of 28370

Also, back a ways, thanks for the Hild glossary--I am reading it. Didn't mean to, but accidentally hit "purchase one click" rather than "send sample". Oh well.


bennett - Dec 06, 2013 6:47:59 am PST #21693 of 28370

I am still not entirely convinced of the permanence of e-books - we technically only license e-books, not own them - so I continue to buy and keep hardbacks of my serious faves. Paperbacks, on the other hand, I weed.


Toddson - Dec 06, 2013 6:51:05 am PST #21694 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I need to do some serious weeding of the books ... haven't for a while, so it's overdue.

There's a group that has had a short-term used book store every year - Turning the Page - they collect books, sell them, use the proceeds for literacy efforts. Now they've set up a longer-term place and I plan to start hauling books to them ... as soon as I can (1) weed and (2) get my ass in gear.