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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."
So, has anyone read Crazy Rich Asians? I read it on the plane today, and ... I'm conflicted. It's funny and quick-witted but also kind of mean and full of stereotypes, just stereotypes I'm not familiar with. I dunno.
Yes. And the follow up. Then I felt likeI had eaten a box of donuts - the books left me oogey feeling after.
Then I felt likeI had eaten a box of donuts
oooh, that's a good analogy, Kat.
As a palate-cleanser, I reread LeGuin's Annals of the Western Shore over the last few days. It doesn't get as much attention as the Earthsea books, but it's a really strong series, with a focus on the power of words, literacy, and storytelling to bring people together. Loved it.
JANE STEEL. is relevant to our interests. Let me turn to page three to show you why.
[ahem]
"Reader, I murdered him."
I just finished this. I LOVE it!
I just finished this. I LOVE it!
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I really loved Jane Steele. Such fun.
I'm currently reading Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer and it's the first story in a Very Long Time that is giving me a deep Heathers feel. Anyone read it?
I tried Jane Steele and ... I couldn't get into it! I was disappointed in me.
I've been ostriching in books by Simone St. James, which are all paranormal romance mysteries set in the '20s and recommended by smonster. Delicious, surprisingly spooky, and perfect for my frame of mind right now.
I keep thinking I need to go through all the iterations of this thread and make a list of the books that have been recommended, along with their genre.
If you do, could you do a google doc, so you can share? t bats eyelashes
I keep thinking I need to go through all the iterations of this thread and make a list of the books that have been recommended, along with their genre.
I've done that in the past, but if I saved it I don't know where.
I am re-reading between new reading. I devoured so many classics in my teens and I remember absolutely nothing about them. In truth I don't remember anything about something I read a couple years ago. Handy in many ways. So I started re-reading the Sherlock Holmes collection. I am fairly confident my 60 something self views the characters differently than my teen self.
Just finished Babylon's Ashes. I found it thematically eerily timely. Maybe it isn't eerie at all, that's just the zeitgeist, but I had to pause and not quite put it in the freezer but just kind of sit with it for a while a few times.