In other news, I've discovered that Audible has The Great Courses available: an entire series for 1 credit or about $25. So right now I'm listening to a 24-hour lecture series about the lives of ordinary people in the ancient world, which is pretty interesting. Doesn't hurt that the lecturer is British: I'm always more inclined to believe a narrator with a British accent. [insert winking icon here]
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
Consuela - May 17, 2014 6:51:25 am PDT #22389 of 28635
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Pix - May 17, 2014 7:02:31 am PDT #22390 of 28635
The status is NOT quo.
Kat is me. Love Atwood, enjoy dystopia, totally didn't like Oryx and Crake or its sequel. I haven't read the third book, which says something given my aversion to leaving series unfinished. But I know may people who adore it, so.
hippocampus - May 17, 2014 7:05:13 am PDT #22391 of 28635
not your mom's socks.
The occasional musical score is fun, though.
Oh that's interesting! How was writers with drinks, PC?
Atwood other than Handmaid's Tale
I really liked the Blind Assassin and Alias Grace. I also liked Oryx and Crake and the Handmaid's Tale, but for different reasons.
Strix - May 17, 2014 7:30:16 am PDT #22392 of 28635
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Alias Grace, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride -- these are my favorite Atwoods. I have still to read MaddAdam.
Sue - May 17, 2014 7:35:02 am PDT #22393 of 28635
hip deep in pie
I also could not abide Oryx and Crake.
Sue - May 17, 2014 7:35:03 am PDT #22394 of 28635
hip deep in pie
I did not dislike it so much to say it twice.
Amy - May 17, 2014 7:40:32 am PDT #22395 of 28635
Because books.
I love Atwood's really old stuff, like Surfacing and Bluebeard's Egg, and then The Handmaid's Tale, and Cat's Eye. I never read anything past that, although I've had The Robber Bride on my shelf for years.
-t - May 17, 2014 7:59:45 am PDT #22396 of 28635
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am Amy. I just kind of fell off of reading Atwood for a while, though if keep meaning to catch up on her more recent stuff. So many books, so little time.
Amy - May 17, 2014 8:06:01 am PDT #22397 of 28635
Because books.
So many books, so little time.
This.
Polter-Cow - May 17, 2014 9:24:04 am PDT #22398 of 28635
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Writers with Drinks was great, Sox! Nicola Griffith should do audiobooks; I love her voice. Sofia Samatar read from a new story, and Ken Liu read a new story. The local artists were really funny, and Charlie Jane was a hoot as always.
And yeah, the Coldest Girl audiobook occasionally has music at really tense moments, which is cool.