For professional reasons, I thank the major donor.
hee.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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."
flea - Aug 21, 2014 8:00:03 am PDT #22592 of 28344
information libertarian
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."
Pix - Aug 21, 2014 8:26:12 pm PDT #22599 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
I was indeed the one who recommended The Rook. It was one of my absolute favorite reads last year!
In terms of SP, Tep, I am you when it comes to the WTF pain of that character’s death, and I am DEFINITELY not over the Tanith situation. I just put my pre-order in with Amazon UK for the final book as well and am beyond excited/dreading it.
I have tried to get into the Butcher books several times and can’t seem to get through the first one. I know they get a lot better, but boy is the first one slow reading for me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 22, 2014 5:15:54 am PDT #22600 of 28344
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I tried to get into one of the Harry Dresden novels years ago and just couldn't. I think I'm one of the rare people the TV show was made for, since I actually did like that.
erikaj - Aug 22, 2014 11:25:12 am PDT #22601 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!
I read one recently, and I liked it okay, but anymore I don't read series that often. You go from thinking the neighbors are cute, like with Kinsey Milhone, to "Ugh, not this bullshit again!" also with Kinsey Milhone. Also, Laura Lippman's stand-alones are better too.