For professional reasons, I thank the major donor.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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."
Jesse - Aug 21, 2014 5:54:03 am PDT #22589 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Aug 21, 2014 6:12:10 am PDT #22590 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, hey, thanks for reminding me I need to renew my library card. Maybe I'll take care of that this afternoon.
I might be persuaded to loan out my Skullduggery Pleasant books once I have finished this last one. Maybe. Probably they'll go to my sister's family first, but they are all pretty fast readers...
EpicTangent - Aug 21, 2014 7:58:55 am PDT #22591 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Kat, I read The Rook based off recommendations here (Pix, I think?). It is good stuff. Though I feel like I need to read it again, I feel like I missed stuff or like I really wanted to internalize it more, or something. Definitely one of the better hook-you-on-the-first-page concepts.
Gris, I feel more strongly about the employee abuse with Amazon than the author stuff. So I try to avoid them like I try to avoid WalMart (though with less success, I think). With Buffista or Buffista-adjacent authors, I try to go through my local independent book store. Otherwise I try to library unless I feel confident the book is something that I'm going to want to keep.
flea - Aug 21, 2014 8:00:03 am PDT #22592 of 28344
information libertarian
For professional reasons, I thank the major donor.
hee.
Atropa - Aug 21, 2014 9:38:39 am PDT #22593 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am lazy and purchase from Amazon a lot, because we have a Prime membership. And most of the used books I'm buying these days are long out-of-print 70s gothic romances.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2014 10:05:34 am PDT #22594 of 28344
brillig
I'm adoring Abe Books for out of print books. That's how I found my raft of Elizabeth Enright books.
EpicTangent - Aug 21, 2014 1:16:39 pm PDT #22595 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
For Veronica Mars fans, one of today's Bookbub specials is Veronica Mars: An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line for $1.99.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2014 1:50:52 pm PDT #22596 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
That was a fun book! I liked it more than I hoped I would.
Dana - Aug 21, 2014 3:03:53 pm PDT #22597 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Thanks for the tipoff, Epic.
DavidS - Aug 21, 2014 7:06:19 pm PDT #22598 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So I'm reading The Magician's Land and enjoying it quite a bit.
It doesn't have the pacing issues of the first two books, and the event in The Magician King which (apparently) caused a lot of women to throw the book across the room gets addressed with a really kickass scene including the line (which I will spoiler font but only really matters if you've read the second book):
"If you see Julia, tell her I'm going fox hunting."
My favorite line (which is only meaningful within the context of this book, so not spoily) is:
"So anyway," Janet said, "that's how I got my new axes."