Didn't mean to be a thread-killer. Sorry.
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
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."
javachik - Mar 09, 2014 10:59:59 pm PDT #22168 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.
Amy - Mar 11, 2014 9:56:04 am PDT #22169 of 28344
Because books.
Keith Richards is writing a children's book.
One Pill, Two Pill, Red Pill, Blue Pill! Maybe Goodnight Bong?
Consuela - Mar 13, 2014 8:08:59 am PDT #22170 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So if anyone is looking for some entertaining lightweight reading, I can recommend the Chronicles of St. Mary's by Jodi Taylor. [link]
They're fast, plotty, silly novels about a British time-travel institute (rather like the one in Connie Willis' novels), in which historians go back in time to witness the battle of Agincourt or confirm that Achilles really did kill Hector in front of the gates of Troy. There's a pretty high body-count--these researchers managed to get themselves killed coming and going--but since most of the characters are thinly-drawn, it's not too traumatic.
They're witty, the narrator comes across as something like Donna Noble with a PhD in history--she's a bossy adrenaline junkie who steamrolls just about everyone--and the plots really move fast. Which is good, because the world-building is just a little shaky.
Serious they're not (even though the very fate of the world is at stake now and again), but they are fun, and often funny or surprising. Good beach or bus reading, I would say.
Jessica - Mar 13, 2014 9:29:44 am PDT #22171 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ooh, thanks for the rec! That sounds right up my alley.
EpicTangent - Mar 13, 2014 10:44:53 am PDT #22172 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I just went to look it up on Goodreads and the first book is a free download from the Goodreads site (which beats even the $.99 on Amazon) though I haven't figured out how to get it to my Kindle, I'm reading it on my computer (Get any work done today? Don't be ridiculous!)
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2014 10:54:12 am PDT #22173 of 28344
brillig
Free books, you say . . .
sumi - Mar 13, 2014 10:57:23 am PDT #22174 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
You need to download "send to Kindle", then you can right click on the file and send it to Kindle.
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2014 10:59:03 am PDT #22175 of 28344
brillig
Ah, Kindle. I can never get Amazon stuff to work properly with my systems.
sumi - Mar 13, 2014 11:02:26 am PDT #22176 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
It's actually an ebook orginally. I just said "Kindle" because that is what I have.
I'm sure that there is something similar for other ebooks.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2014 11:07:39 am PDT #22177 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The down side is that the 3rd book ends on a heck of a cliffhanger and I don't know how long the wait will be for the next one.