I read Longbourn (no "e") for my upcoming book salon (classic literary fan fiction) and agree that it's very well done.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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 - Aug 11, 2014 10:53:37 pm PDT #22530 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
shrift - Aug 12, 2014 5:11:05 am PDT #22531 of 28344
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Well, I used up some gift cards and bought a bunch of ebooks last night. Thanks again.
Connie Neil - Aug 12, 2014 7:03:39 am PDT #22532 of 28344
brillig
I just got my daily BookBub ebook offer emails--and the first book in the list is one I edited for Deena's imprint, Drollerie Press! The Chocolatier's Wife, I'm so thrilled the author found another outlet for it!
Burrell - Aug 12, 2014 8:49:02 am PDT #22533 of 28344
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh right! No 'e', it's been a while since I read the original.
EpicTangent - Aug 12, 2014 9:18:33 am PDT #22534 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
So you recommend it, Connie? Worth the $.99?
Connie Neil - Aug 12, 2014 9:47:40 am PDT #22535 of 28344
brillig
I found it very charming as I was working on it, and there were elements that I wish I'd written. Yes, for $.99.
Plus it's been through another editing pass since I worked on it.
Calli - Aug 13, 2014 3:36:24 am PDT #22536 of 28344
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I recently finished Louise Penny's Bury Your Dead, and I loved it. It's set in Quebec, and it juggles four mysteries deftly, with plot and character development. I'm now going through everything else she's written that the library has. It's not terribly light, but it's very compelling. I'd strongly recommend it.
smonster - Aug 13, 2014 4:00:23 am PDT #22537 of 28344
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ooo, I read her "Still Life" at the beach, Calli, and really enjoyed it. Had borrowed it from my mom.
-t - Aug 13, 2014 4:07:00 am PDT #22538 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I read not that book but one in the series, I think. Still Life, maybe? Really liked it, not remembering the title notwithstanding.
Consuela - Aug 13, 2014 4:49:20 am PDT #22539 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I finished Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky trilogy last night, with Steles of the Sky. You know, it was really well-done. I don't know why I didn't find it more moving. But I did like it a lot: it's quite creative, and there's a ton of interesting women with their own agendas in it, in addition to various types of gender and sexuality expressed.
Plus, it's a massive epic fantasy that culminates in an enormous battle with mastodons, rocs, ghouls, demons, Shaolin monks, and thousands of Mongol warriors mounted on multi-colored horses.
So I guess I did like it. Definitely recommended.