Buffistas

I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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-t - Apr 28, 2015 6:01:43 pm PDT #23270 of 28333

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Or less sense.

That is hard to imagine in a general sense, but perhaps in this one particular very narrow arena.

I've finally finished reading Children of the Sky (having Mt Toberead half virtual does not seem to have noticeably helped me scale it any faster, although it is certainly easier to carry the virtual part around with me - that must help if only incrementally). Man, the Zones of Thought are such a clever idea, and the Tines are great aliens - familiar enough to be relatable but definitely not just funny-looking humans and well positioned to explore my favorite theme of identity. After I really didn't care for Rainbows End I'm relieved to have enjoyed this one so much.

Ginger - Apr 28, 2015 7:51:15 pm PDT #23271 of 28333

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Station Eleven is one of those books that make me want to grab strangers by the lapels and tell them to read it. I don't do that, mind you, but I want to.

Consuela - Apr 28, 2015 8:20:39 pm PDT #23272 of 28333

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

And now I'm reading Elizabeth Wein's new book, Black Dove, White Raven, which is set in Ethiopia on the eve of WWII. But it still involves women pilots.

Pix - Apr 28, 2015 9:04:37 pm PDT #23273 of 28333

The status is NOT quo.

I’ve now added Station Eleven to my goodreads “want to read” list. Thanks for the rec!

I’m currently reading The Snow Child based on megan walker’s glowing review, and I’m loving it.

meara - Apr 28, 2015 9:28:19 pm PDT #23274 of 28333

I didn't know she had a new one, Consuela, I'll have to look it up!

And will also take a look at/for Station Eleven.

Amy - Apr 29, 2015 2:23:14 am PDT #23275 of 28333

Because books.

Oh, The Snow Child was absolutely lovely.

Strix - Apr 29, 2015 9:30:09 am PDT #23276 of 28333

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

And now I'm reading Elizabeth Wein's new book, Black Dove, White Raven, which is set in Ethiopia on the eve of WWII. But it still involves women pilots.

WHAT! Ok, I know what I'll be reading next week when I have a break from moving and editing and writing.

Amy - Apr 29, 2015 3:04:29 pm PDT #23277 of 28333

Because books.

Is it less intense than Rose Under Fire? That one almost broke me.

Consuela - Apr 29, 2015 6:09:53 pm PDT #23278 of 28333

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yes, it is less intense than either CNV or RUF. It's also set younger: the leads are two kids, foster-siblings, from about age 10 to 16. They are the children of two women stunt pilots, one white, one black, and through a chain of circumstances they end up in Ethiopia for several years before the Italian invasion.

I'm not finished yet, but I don't think it will involve nearly as much awful heart-wrenching drama as the last two Wein novels. It does have some thematic overlap with her Aksum novels, which I wasn't really into (and I think I never finished any of them although they were highly recommended).

Ginger - Apr 29, 2015 6:39:52 pm PDT #23279 of 28333

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I am also reading Black Dove, White Raven, and I'm finding it tediously exposition heavy.

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