I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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."


meara - May 18, 2015 10:26:26 am PDT #23303 of 28370

The first half is pretty slow, but I loved the world-building and the details of scholarly life in a library.

I really liked that part, and liked it less when it became all vampire witch romance intrigue etc. ...I may have missed the point of the book. :)


Atropa - May 18, 2015 10:51:57 am PDT #23304 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

became all vampire witch romance intrigue

Wait what hello? Should I investigate these books?


Kat - May 18, 2015 11:16:55 am PDT #23305 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Amy, I read Girl on the Train last week. And truly, I didn't like any of the characters, but I enjoyed it so much more than Gone Girl.


Amy - May 18, 2015 11:21:33 am PDT #23306 of 28370
Because books.

Yeah, no one is really likable, per se, but I have to know what happened. Hoping to finish it tonight.

I started A Discovery of Witches a while back and was bored with the beginning, but I'm going to give it another try at some point.


Burrell - May 18, 2015 2:06:40 pm PDT #23307 of 28370
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I loved the world-building and the details of scholarly life in a library.

My favorite part of the whole book was the picture she draws of academia. Pretty spot on. I also love the Bishop family house.


Mogget - May 18, 2015 5:59:31 pm PDT #23308 of 28370

I also loved the first part of A Discovery of Witches and the second half was fun in a different sort of way. Shadow of Night was ok, but the third book left me cold.


Atropa - May 18, 2015 6:13:14 pm PDT #23309 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Having read the description for A Discovery of Witches, it sounds like the sort of thing I might like. But my to-be-read stack is nigh-overwhelming!


Kat - May 18, 2015 6:26:47 pm PDT #23310 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm re-reading Wolf Hall right now. Hilary Mantel continues to amaze.


-t - May 19, 2015 3:44:40 am PDT #23311 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I've got that on deck to read when I finish Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

So many books, so little time


Burrell - May 19, 2015 5:51:39 am PDT #23312 of 28370
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Kat, someday I want to do a book club with you. Just putting that out there.