Have any of your read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore?
It was fun, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. It had a great opening and finished strong, but I got a little bored by the quest at a certain point.
Oh, yeah, baby, it's snakalicious in here.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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."
megan walker - Mar 07, 2014 9:50:45 am PST #22118 of 28348
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Kat - Mar 07, 2014 11:05:18 am PST #22119 of 28348
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
megan, I am totally the opposite. I liked the quest and was bored with the bits about TechLove and coding. I do love that Robin Sloan, on his author's blurb, says that he splits his time between San Francisco and the Internet.
megan walker - Mar 07, 2014 11:36:21 am PST #22120 of 28348
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's sort of what I meant in that I hated pretty much anything having to do with Google and just didn't like that it went in that direction.
Consuela - Mar 07, 2014 12:52:56 pm PST #22121 of 28348
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I got about 25% of the way into Mr. Penumbra and just put it down. It was a bit too much cool-dude-brogrammer and Manic Pixie Tech Girl for me. Maybe things got better?
I did like the mystery itself, though. If I find an electronic copy at the library I might skim it, but I was listening to it on audiobook, and disliking the narrator of an audiobook is a death knell.
Polter-Cow - Mar 07, 2014 2:59:15 pm PST #22122 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep, that's why I quit The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Also because I had no idea what the fuck was going on.
Gris - Mar 07, 2014 5:03:08 pm PST #22123 of 28348
Hey. New board.
Really? I loved me some Yiddish Policemen's Union.
sj - Mar 07, 2014 5:04:53 pm PST #22124 of 28348
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Really? I loved me some Yiddish Policemen's Union.
Me too.
-t - Mar 07, 2014 5:06:03 pm PST #22125 of 28348
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Probably my favorite Chabon. I didn't listen to the audiobook, though.
Dana - Mar 08, 2014 5:05:15 am PST #22126 of 28348
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I couldn't get into it either.
Kat - Mar 08, 2014 7:53:03 am PST #22127 of 28348
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I liked Yiddish Policeman's Union, but certainly not as much as I liked Kavalier and Clay.
I am test-driving nonfiction for purchase for school. Someone recommended Brain On Fire and I am just OVER the "I got sick" memoirs. Not a genre I love even a little. I don't like memoirs in general, actually. Unless there is some greater significance (like Henrietta Lacks which is beyond just her story).
What I think we will buy so far:
Henrietta Lacks
Devil in the White City (not my choice even a little)
Driving Mr. Alpert
Candyfreak
A Few Seconds of Panic