Kate, Skipped Parts is the first and is about a 13 year old boy with a super dysfunctional mom who gets banished by grandpa to Wyoming. There he meets Maury and they experiment on figuring out what the skipped parts of the books are. Funny and sad and a little inappropriate. Set in the '60s.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
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."
Kat - Dec 14, 2016 3:26:43 pm PST #24235 of 28332
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dana - Dec 16, 2016 10:59:00 am PST #24236 of 28332
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Open Road Media has made a ton of stuff free at Amazon. Runs for a few days, I think.
Consuela - Dec 16, 2016 8:33:28 pm PST #24237 of 28332
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thanks, Dana! I just grabbed a ton of stuff.
msbelle - Dec 17, 2016 4:36:06 pm PST #24238 of 28332
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
TIME
sj - Dec 21, 2016 6:11:55 am PST #24239 of 28332
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dana, I grabbed a bunch of books the other day. Thanks for the heads up!
I finished The Likeness by Tana French, and I like it quite a bit. But is the murderer ever going to actually go to jail in this series? I have the next in the series headed to me now.
Toddson - Dec 22, 2016 10:41:57 am PST #24240 of 28332
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sj, scrolling past previous messages, I was recently reminded of Val McDermid's books. They can be grim, but they're interesting.
In other news, one of the e-newsletters I receive always has a quote at the bottom. Today's had one from Lois McMaster Bujold: "Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you." Not sure I buy it ... revenge can be sweet, especially when it comes from someone screwing themself over with no effort on my part. Schadenfreude!
msbelle - Dec 31, 2016 6:20:13 pm PST #24241 of 28332
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I posted on FB, that reading was on my to do list for 2017. Having only read 1.9 books in 2016, I am not setting a crazy goal. THAT SAID. I would love love love if some people or peoples joined me in reading books semi-together and maybe setting up a group for those book(s) to discuss at a set time the contents thereof.
Maybe? Possibly?
Well I am only reading female writers this year (hopefully including some of our own) and I have created a list over at Goodreads of all the female penned books I have not read that are currently owned by me and IN MY HOUSE. It is gonna be about 40 books once I get them all entered. They are a range, like no pattern except the sex of the authors.
So, if this sounds like something you might wanna join me for, even for one book, go - look - message me.
I have not decided on a book for January, BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS - IT WILL BE AN EASY PEASY NOT HARD NOT TOO LONG VERY NICE BOOK. It might be Jennifer Cruise is what I am saying.
aurelia - Dec 31, 2016 8:02:30 pm PST #24242 of 28332
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just sent you a friend request on Goodreads.
-t - Dec 31, 2016 8:32:49 pm PST #24243 of 28332
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Me too.
Laura - Jan 01, 2017 3:47:58 am PST #24244 of 28332
Our wings are not tired.
Me three! Sounds like a delightful plan. I have read a quantity of our authors and still have some that I own but haven't read yet. (reminder to self that I owe some reviews)
It matters not if I have already read anything that is selected because I have a terrible memory and enjoy rereading in general.