I meant once a month. Shit. My brain is stupid.
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
Kat - May 20, 2015 4:25:54 am PDT #23321 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Gris - May 20, 2015 4:27:08 am PDT #23322 of 28333
Hey. New board.
Neal Stephenson wrote a new book and I somehow didn't know!
I will see the world again in a couple of days.
Dana - May 20, 2015 4:59:18 am PDT #23323 of 28333
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So Petra Mayer on Pop Culture Happy Hour just gave a GLOWING review for Naomi Novik's new book, Uprooted. Shall have to badger the library to get a copy...
It's really good. I think there's a sense of freedom from not writing in the Temeraire universe.
Steph L. - May 20, 2015 5:42:35 am PDT #23324 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Neal Stephenson wrote a new book
I saw that, and I don't know if it's just the depression talking, but my first reaction was "Ugh, I am NOT up for all that heavy lifting."
Matt the Bruins fan - May 20, 2015 6:03:07 am PDT #23325 of 28333
"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'm thrilled that she's enjoying such success as a published author, but I selfishly miss her fanfic from fandoms I'm part of. She was one of the best SGA writers ever, and she actually managed to get me to read Wincest.
Amy - May 20, 2015 11:22:59 am PDT #23326 of 28333
Because books.
she actually managed to get me to read Wincest
She wrote it unbelievably convincingly. I'd like to try something of hers, but Temeraire doesn't sound like it's for me -- I'm not a huge fantasy reader.
Vonnie K - May 20, 2015 11:28:28 am PDT #23327 of 28333
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I'm going off in a 2 week-long trip this Friday, during which I'll be spending long hours with a bunch of strangers in a van driving from one place to the next. To alleviate boredom, am thinking about downloading a couple of audiobooks (reading in a moving vehicle makes me nauseated, and I'd probably want to space out music/podcasts with other stuff.) Does anyone have a rec for a particularly well done audiobook or two? On Linda Holme's rec, I downloaded "The Girl on the Train" via free trial on Audible, and it'd be nice to have a back-up in case I don't like this one for some reason.
Ginger - May 20, 2015 11:32:40 am PDT #23328 of 28333
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Temeraire books aren't particularly fantasy like. They're Horatio Hornblower with dragons in his arsenal.
Amy - May 20, 2015 11:42:55 am PDT #23329 of 28333
Because books.
I'm not a Horatio Hornblower fan, either, though. (I'm getting demerits for that, I know.)
Vonnie, I don't listen to audiobooks, so I have no recs, but I'm reading The Girl on the Train, and it's definitely compelling.
Connie Neil - May 20, 2015 11:51:31 am PDT #23330 of 28333
brillig
I'm not a Horatio Hornblower fan, either, though.
I started the first Temeraire book and was dreading the tales of an oppressed species, but very quickly the hero realized what was special about dragons and started dropping a lot of the attitudes the rest of the military had about dragons. Then I lost the book in my catastrophe of a house and got distracted by fanfic (again).