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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."

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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.

Gris - Apr 12, 2016 3:38:32 pm PDT #23859 of 28289

Hey. New board.

I just finished Mirror Dance in my own epic re-read. But it turns out I had never read Mirror Dance at all! I don't think I own the Miles Errant omnibus in paperback, so there we are. I honestly am not sure I've read anything past this point.

I am taking a brief Vorkosibreak to read Where'd You Go, Bernadette? and then I will tackle Memory

-t - Apr 13, 2016 2:13:50 pm PDT #23860 of 28289

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

Mmm, Mirror Dance is so good. I still find the existence of the omnibuses (is that the right plural? Omnibi?) confusing, but having them is pretty convenient.

Have I mentioned that my Barrayar immersion is giving me cravings for kasha? Mmm, groats.

Toddson - Apr 14, 2016 5:39:56 am PDT #23861 of 28289

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

For eating? my understanding is that their primary use is in the wedding ceremony (joke).

Although from the books they sound like oatmeal, more or less.

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