If you do, could you do a google doc, so you can share? t bats eyelashes
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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."
DebetEsse - Dec 11, 2016 8:50:45 pm PST #24223 of 28261
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Laura - Dec 12, 2016 2:13:18 am PST #24224 of 28261
Our wings are not tired.
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.
-t - Dec 12, 2016 11:15:09 am PST #24225 of 28261
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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.
Toddson - Dec 12, 2016 11:59:16 am PST #24226 of 28261
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I recently finished this. I began reading it under the impression it was historical fiction about Dracula's daughter (no vampires, just political intrigue and the occasional assassination attempt) but it turns out the author wrote it as if the daughter grows up to be the Dracula we know and love. It was interesting ... not great, but how often do you read historical fiction set in the 15th Century Ottoman Empire?
Kate P. - Dec 13, 2016 4:52:01 pm PST #24227 of 28261
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I had a seventh-grade girl ask me today for what I'd recommend next since she just read and loved Where'd You Go, Bernadette, and figured I'd ask if anyone here has any suggestions. Anything come to mind? She's a pretty advanced reader and can obviously handle adult books, but I don't know that she's necessarily looking for mature content; she said what she liked best was the humor, the strong characterizations, and the adventure aspect.
DavidS - Dec 13, 2016 5:09:46 pm PST #24228 of 28261
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jennifer Crusie?
Amy - Dec 13, 2016 5:10:58 pm PST #24229 of 28261
Because books.
Maybe Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Boys books? They're not outright comedy, but there is a lot of humor, there's a wonderful adventure/quest, and great, vivid characterizations.
Pix - Dec 13, 2016 6:02:31 pm PST #24230 of 28261
The status is NOT quo.
For anyone looking for decent escapist fantasy, I just finished the Queen of the Tearling trilogy by Erika Johansen and really enjoyed it. I'm in for the next book when it comes out. Not at all what I'd expected it to be.
Kat - Dec 13, 2016 6:16:00 pm PST #24231 of 28261
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The GroVant books -- Tim Sandlin.
Kate P. - Dec 13, 2016 6:43:44 pm PST #24232 of 28261
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Good suggestions, thanks! Kat, I'm not familiar with those books. What are they about?