Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.

Jayne ,'Ariel'


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 - Jan 09, 2014 7:13:14 am PST #21836 of 28368
not your mom's socks.

I am loving HILD. So much that I gave it a lot at xmas.

One of those, I could have waited on. Some scenes not suitable for my mother in law. Second time doing this to my inlaws. First time was with Saramugo's Blindness.

I really want to read Cold Magic soon. Thank you for the reminder, Juliana

I may have an advance copy of the new Jo Walton and I'm really excited about it. but I can't read it yet because I have to read a bunch of research AUGH.


Consuela - Jan 09, 2014 7:17:04 am PST #21837 of 28368
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I love Elliott's work; the Cold Magic series is really good.


EpicTangent - Jan 09, 2014 9:25:35 am PST #21838 of 28368
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I'll second (or whatever) the recs for the Tasha Alexander and Kate Ross mysteries. And I'll take note of the recs for Sebatian St Syr & Pirates.


Rayne - Jan 09, 2014 1:18:51 pm PST #21839 of 28368
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

Throwing another rec out there. I'm in the middle of The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, and I'm loving it so much!

It's the story of a female golem and a male Jinni who wind up in New York in 1899.

I'm having a really hard time putting it down.


Consuela - Jan 09, 2014 1:34:22 pm PST #21840 of 28368
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

FWIW, Kate Ross was a big Dorothy Dunnett fan...


Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2014 2:12:20 pm PST #21841 of 28368
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Rayne, that book has shown up on a lot of best-of lists, and it sounds great! It's on my to-read list.


Amy - Jan 09, 2014 2:32:38 pm PST #21842 of 28368
Because books.

Maybe I'll look at them -- I loved the Kate Ross books so much.


Amy - Jan 10, 2014 10:22:05 am PST #21843 of 28368
Because books.

Um... I guess it's good that Flynn is doing it with him, but it seems like they're about to change a big piece of what made the story so memorable.


sj - Jan 10, 2014 10:23:08 am PST #21844 of 28368
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm really not sure I even want to see that movie anymore.


Gris - Jan 10, 2014 12:07:34 pm PST #21845 of 28368
Hey. New board.

Yeah, I thought the ending was perfect. Movies can end in uncomfortable ways too people!