Right? It's such an interesting religion.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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."
-t - Apr 11, 2016 11:51:11 am PDT #23849 of 28289
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Apr 11, 2016 12:41:46 pm PDT #23850 of 28289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Mostly, I just think Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen is such a perfect bookend with Shards of Honor/Barrayar that I don't need anything more.
I feel the same way about A Civil Campaign And The Warrior's Apprentice.
-t - Apr 11, 2016 1:19:09 pm PDT #23851 of 28289
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't read A Civil Campaign until after I'd read Diplomatic Immunity and Cryoburn, so I hadn't looked at it like that, but now that you point it out I can definitely see it.
P.M. Marc - Apr 11, 2016 1:40:50 pm PDT #23852 of 28289
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
A few of the things that are extra-funny are the very Seattle things. For instance, weather scientist Cliff Mass. Who is a real guy who really does have a blog that many of us follow (and used to be on the radio). I just re-read it and enjoyed many parts all over again, even if some of the main plot was not my favorite
Now I should read this! Because Cliff Mass!
My library website is down, so I'm just going to leave it here that Sharp Objects is the Gillian Flynn book I haven't read yet.
My favorite Gillian Flynn. Structurally, Gone Girl is better, but Sharp Objects is the one that sticks with me most.
sj, have you tried any of Megan Abbot's novella-length stuff?
meara - Apr 11, 2016 1:51:48 pm PDT #23853 of 28289
You really should, Plei--there's a bunch of Microsoft stuff that I'm sure I only partly got, and so on...
sj - Apr 11, 2016 2:37:39 pm PDT #23854 of 28289
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My favorite Gillian Flynn. Structurally, Gone Girl is better, but Sharp Objects is the one that sticks with me most.
Same.
sj, have you tried any of Megan Abbot's novella-length stuff?
Nope, but I'll look into it. I've settled on Stephen King's Joyland for now. I honestly have enough unread books on my shelf and on my kindle that I have no need to buy any more, not that that ever stops me.
dcp - Apr 12, 2016 6:21:02 am PDT #23855 of 28289
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Today is Beverly Cleary's 100th birthday.
EpicTangent - Apr 12, 2016 9:47:49 am PDT #23856 of 28289
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
From that link:
Publisher HarperCollins recognizes her birthday, April 12, as National Drop Everything and Read Day (D.E.A.R.), in promotion of sustained silent reading.
I'm in!
Connie Neil - Apr 12, 2016 10:17:08 am PDT #23857 of 28289
brillig
My boss will disagree.
EpicTangent - Apr 12, 2016 11:48:45 am PDT #23858 of 28289
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Yes, except for my lunchbreak, my "in" was more theoretical than practical, unfortunately.