Ave atque vale. P.D. James [link] I'd say rest in peace, but she certainly never rested while alive. She supported her family, wrote while working full time and had a life of public service that would be notable even without the gift of her writing. I didn't like all of her books, but her craft was undeniable.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Ginger - Nov 28, 2014 7:24:47 pm PST #22868 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 28, 2014 9:26:33 pm PST #22869 of 28343
"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 just ran across this story by Ruthanna Emrys which is a very interesting tale in the setting of Lovecraft's Chthulhu Mythos with an approach I've not encountered before. [link]
erikaj - Nov 29, 2014 8:58:59 am PST #22870 of 28343
Always Anti-fascist!
I was quite a big fan for a while, Ginger.(have sort of lost touch with her work in recent years)
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2014 7:48:35 am PST #22871 of 28343
brillig
One of today's BookBub offerings is an omnibus of the first three Lord Peter Wimsey novels for $1.99. I have the first two, but these editions look a little cleaner, plus the third one isn't in public domain yet.
DebetEsse - Dec 02, 2014 5:42:32 am PST #22872 of 28343
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't know if we have any other A Song of Ice and Fire readers around, but I just started a re-read group on FB (I'm 76 pages in, and am about to take a break and read Dunk & Egg so Sean and Hil can catch up). If you're interested in playing (or just watching), let me know, or ask to be added to "Foreshadowing, Ho! (A Song of Ice and Fire re-read)"
lisah - Dec 02, 2014 12:23:08 pm PST #22873 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
Hey! Can I get book recs for someone (me!) who loved Wolf Hall, and its sequel, and really wishes the 3rd book was out so I could read it this weekend?
Consuela - Dec 02, 2014 2:15:45 pm PST #22874 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dorothy Dunnett? Just as dense, and well characterized, but the prose style is very different.
lisah - Dec 02, 2014 3:08:55 pm PST #22875 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
I will check her out!
sj - Dec 02, 2014 3:16:18 pm PST #22876 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I haven't read any Hillary Mantel, but she does have a new book of short stories out.
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2014 9:32:07 am PST #22877 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Book Smugglers invited to join Smugglivus this year, so behold, my Best Reads of 2014.
If I had finished The Martian in time, it would be on that list because holy shit.