I'm going to apologize to Sox and all other board writers right now for not posting reviews anywhere ever. I hate reviewing anything, especially at Amazon.
::points to part of embarrassed favor asking that says "It Ok Friend"::
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
hippocampus - Sep 17, 2015 10:08:00 am PDT #23575 of 28303
not your mom's socks.
Volans - Sep 17, 2015 10:30:56 am PDT #23576 of 28303
move out and draw fire
I'm in the opposite boat. I just read a book that was so bad I feel obligated to warn people away from it, but I don't want to post a scathing review in a public place because it was SO BAD.
Thus: For the love of all that's holy, don't read The Sleeping King by Cindy Dees.
It's a fantasy novel? But it's really her account of the LARP she's been playing in for the past decade.
Laura - Sep 17, 2015 10:34:11 am PDT #23577 of 28303
Our wings are not tired.
Oh no, meara! As deeply as I love the look and smell and feel of books, I have become addicted to my Nook. Particularly with my habit of reading several things at once. And changing the font, and backlighting, and oh I do so love technology.
meara - Sep 17, 2015 10:56:03 am PDT #23578 of 28303
Yes, I haven't "lost" any actual books in losing the kindle. And I can still read on my iPad. But it's a full size iPad, which is better for Internet and games, but makes it unwieldy for reading--and not as easy to carry around. Apparently on Alaska if you lose something they mail it to you, you can't pick it up. So it may be a few weeks even if someone turned it in.
-t - Sep 17, 2015 11:15:33 am PDT #23579 of 28303
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Maybe you need a second kindle?
t /not helping
Thanks for that, Raq. I just hope I don't see that title somewhere and think "that sounds familiar, maybe I should get it..." Hopefully by bringing that possibility to mind I am guarding against it. I have bought more crappy books that way.
Volans - Sep 17, 2015 11:17:37 am PDT #23580 of 28303
move out and draw fire
I will think good thoughts for your Kindle.
megan walker - Sep 17, 2015 11:56:17 am PDT #23581 of 28303
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
even if someone turned it in.
You never know. I found a Kindle in the seat pocket in front of me and did turn it in. So it does happen.
javachik - Sep 17, 2015 2:46:59 pm PDT #23582 of 28303
Our wings are not tired.
pssssst it's "javachik."
EpicTangent - Sep 18, 2015 12:48:20 pm PDT #23583 of 28303
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Ran down to Mysterious Galaxy on my lunch break to pick up Updraft , so I can have at least a couple/few chapters read before the event tomorrow. (Also picked up Uprooted , because I've been wanting to read it for a while now. And Sparrow Hill Road , because Seanan, plus it sounds really good. And also one called Serpentine , because I thought it sounded interesting in Mysterious Galaxy's last newsletter, and the author happened to be standing there, so I bought it and had her sign it for me). So including lunch almost $100, which is a bit above the average for a lunch break, but I'm still very pleased.
And I get to meet Sox & have her sign hers tomorrow!
hippocampus - Sep 18, 2015 2:28:50 pm PDT #23584 of 28303
not your mom's socks.
And I get to meet Sox & have her sign hers tomorrow!
YES!!! Awesome!
For those to whom this is relevant, there seems to be a nascent Skymouth Protection Society happening on twitter... currently Polter-Cow is in the grip of a large one named Maxmillian.
I am ridiculously delighted by this and want to make them a flag and some stickers because that's what I do.