Buffistas

Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'

Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

Discussion Threads

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."

First Previous Next Last Recent

shrift - Aug 11, 2014 10:57:20 am PDT #22519 of 28344

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm going to be in Michigan for a bit without much access to internet or even a nearby cell tower, so I'm thinking about grabbing some ebooks to read. (Or possibly prioritizing books I already have.)

I could go through the thread for recommendations, but I don't have the spoons right now. Maybe on the lighter side, though?

Polgara - Aug 11, 2014 11:55:25 am PDT #22520 of 28344

Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

If you like supernatural mysteries, Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell is a good start to her Witchcraft series. It's light without being annoying.

In the same genre, It Takes a Witch: A Wishcraft Mystery by Heather Blake--also the first of a series--is light and fun, but can be a little on the cutesy side. (Unlike her Potion series, which is way the hell on the cutesy/twee side, I couldn't even get past the second chapter.)

Those have been my lighter-side reads of late.

EpicTangent - Aug 11, 2014 12:09:03 pm PDT #22521 of 28344

Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

If you're fond of Austen, Shades of Milk & Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal is very much Austen-Lite, but with added magic.

Consuela - Aug 11, 2014 1:44:36 pm PDT #22522 of 28344

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Jodi Taylor's books about the St Mary's institute of time traveling historians. They're fairly lighthearted, and fast moving.

lisah - Aug 11, 2014 4:33:24 pm PDT #22523 of 28344

Punishingly Intricate

If you're fond of Austen, Shades of Milk & Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal is very much Austen-Lite, but with added magic.

Not magic-y at all but, also fan of Austen-wise, I'm most of the way through Longbourne right now and it's fantastic. It's Pride & Prejudice from the POV of the Bennett's servants.

shrift - Aug 11, 2014 5:24:45 pm PDT #22524 of 28344

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Thanks for the recs! I am an Austen fan, the first book in Jodi Taylor's St Mary's series is going for $0.99 on Amazon right now, and I haven't really read many supernatural mysteries but I consider magic a plus.

Kat - Aug 11, 2014 5:38:40 pm PDT #22525 of 28344

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I loved Longbourne.

Rainbow Rowell's Landlines is fun.

Steph L. - Aug 11, 2014 5:44:00 pm PDT #22526 of 28344

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Rainbow Rowell's Landlines is fun.

I really enjoyed Fangirl.

I second the Shades of Milk and Honey rec, too.

Burrell - Aug 11, 2014 5:59:11 pm PDT #22527 of 28344

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I somehow know nothing about recent literature. Now I want to read Longbourne!

meara - Aug 11, 2014 6:16:07 pm PDT #22528 of 28344

I haven't read Longbourne but second all the other recs above!

First Previous Next Last Recent