Thanks, Dana! I just grabbed a ton of stuff.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
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."
Consuela - Dec 16, 2016 8:33:28 pm PST #24237 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
msbelle - Dec 17, 2016 4:36:06 pm PST #24238 of 28261
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
TIME
sj - Dec 21, 2016 6:11:55 am PST #24239 of 28261
"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 28261
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 28261
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 28261
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 28261
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 28261
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.
msbelle - Jan 01, 2017 3:56:20 am PST #24245 of 28261
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh yay, fun! If I did not make it clear, I do not think anyone would be obligated to join for every book, just join if a book interests you and fits with life that month.
I think the idea will be to select a book as early as possible in a month and then open discussion on it one a particular date the last week of the month and leave that discussion open for however long, whilst also choosing the next book.
sj - Jan 01, 2017 5:07:21 am PST #24246 of 28261
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sounds good, msbelle. We're already friends on Goodreads.