My copy of Joe Hill's The Fireman came in today! I have a stack of books I really want to read right now (Sox's books, the newest Mercy Thompson, and several books by Richard Kadrey) and no time or energy to read any of them.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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."
sj - May 16, 2016 6:56:22 am PDT #23954 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
EpicTangent - May 17, 2016 7:13:23 am PDT #23955 of 28282
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
You continue to be a RockStar, Sox! Congratulations!
Dana - May 17, 2016 9:34:56 am PDT #23956 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I was not aware of the Compton Crook award, but Diane Duane just tweeted out that Updraft also won that.
Context: The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first English language novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area.
hippocampus - May 17, 2016 9:59:01 am PDT #23957 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
Thanks you guys for everything!!! it's been a kind of nutty week and I've been sneaking over here to just hang. This place, and all of you, means so much to me.
ETA: go on, correct my grammar, I demand it.
Consuela - May 17, 2016 10:33:36 am PDT #23958 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay Sox! Congratulations again!
-t - May 17, 2016 11:19:45 am PDT #23959 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, that's great! Congratulations, Sox! I'm so pleased that a book I like so much is getting recognition.
Jesse - May 17, 2016 11:44:33 am PDT #23960 of 28282
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I hope my massage therapist follows any of this kind of news, because I know she was a little skeptical when I told her to read the book my friend wrote, even though I was all, "It's really good! It's winning awards!!!"
javachik - May 17, 2016 12:09:12 pm PDT #23961 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
I hope it wasn't weird that I posted in Beep Me! I am so behind in all of the threads except this one, so I knew all y'all who were in here knew about it, but I wanted the lurkers and everyone else to know, too!
Laura - May 17, 2016 12:40:16 pm PDT #23962 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
Although I subscribe here and enjoyed reading all the congratulatory wishes it gave me another thrill to see the notice in Beep Me. So, thanks!
meara - May 17, 2016 1:06:08 pm PDT #23963 of 28282
Wow, Sox on a roll! We knew her when...:) Congrats!!