Don't torture yourself, read! The library book can wait.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
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."
-t - Sep 11, 2014 5:19:19 am PDT #22642 of 28343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sj - Sep 11, 2014 6:23:21 am PDT #22643 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Speaking of putting books in the freezer, I don't know if I'm going to get past the first chapter of Ocean at the End of the Lane. Maybe I should switch to The Night Circus.
That's too bad. I loved The Ocean at the End of the Lane so much that as soon as I finished reading it, I ordered the audiobook so I could "read" it again. I've never finished The Night Circus, and it is for the silliest of the reasons. The end papers make me dizzy and nauseated even when I only catch at little glimpse of them. I may have to buy the kindle edition to be able to read it.
I'm currently reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. I read The Shining for the first time last week and then jumped right into this sequel. It's weird because I found The Shining to be completely terrifying, but I'm just finding Doctor Sleep to be very entertaining but not really scary.
Scrappy - Sep 11, 2014 7:50:41 am PDT #22644 of 28343
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Thanks for making me guffaw in my office, Jesse.
-t - Sep 11, 2014 8:25:10 am PDT #22645 of 28343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I loved The Ocean at the End of the Lane so much that as soon as I finished reading it
The kitten was just so sad! If it's not going to keep pummeling me like that, though, I'll keep going.
sj - Sep 11, 2014 8:29:23 am PDT #22646 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
-t, sorry. I forgot about that. There are no more animals killed or in peril that I remember. Kids in peril but not animals.
However, I am apparently cold hearted because scenes like that don't really upset me into not reading things/watching things in the same way it does other buffistas.
-t - Sep 11, 2014 8:34:20 am PDT #22647 of 28343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks! Peril I can handle. I assume anyway.
I don't know why that hit me quite so hard. These things happen sometimes.
sj - Sep 11, 2014 8:39:54 am PDT #22648 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I finished Doctor Sleep and now I need to decide what to read next. Maybe the new short story collection by Patricia Briggs or Landline by Rainbow Rowell.
Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2014 9:21:16 am PDT #22649 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sj, I just finished City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett and loved it. Epic fantasy about a world that killed their gods, where the colonized became colonizers, and now here's a murder mystery in a beatdown city. Smart, clever WoC protagonist with two middle-aged women as supporting characters. It digs into its serious concepts as much as you want it to, but it also has a wonderful sense of fun to it so it never veers into grimdark.
sj - Sep 11, 2014 9:28:04 am PDT #22650 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Sunil. I'll look into that one, but for now I'm going to try to stick to books I already own. There are plenty to choose from.
Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2014 9:32:33 am PDT #22651 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hear you! Figured you were covered, but I did want to drop that rec in here for anyone else.