I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Cheese Man ,'Chosen'


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."


sumi - Apr 24, 2017 12:43:49 pm PDT #24520 of 28235
Art Crawl!!!

Just read Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler.

It's like. . . the tale of a slack life that revolves around working at a restaurant. Of course, my slack life revolved around a crappy office job that I wasn't actually good at. . . and it wouldn't make an excellent coming of age novel.


Sue - Apr 24, 2017 12:51:25 pm PDT #24521 of 28235
hip deep in pie

Just read Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler.

I read that a few months ago, and I didn't get why it got so much buzz. The learning about fine dining stuff was fine, the coming of age stuff and any attempt to be lyrical made me cringe.


sumi - Apr 24, 2017 7:05:43 pm PDT #24522 of 28235
Art Crawl!!!

I just didn't understand why the main character even went to New York. . . to work in fine dining? (And party?) I may be too far away from 22 to understand. . . or possibly too much of an introvert to ever have found that enticing.


sj - Apr 28, 2017 8:28:58 am PDT #24523 of 28235
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm finally cracking open the newest Mercy Thompson novel. Hopefully ltc take a long nap.


EpicTangent - Apr 28, 2017 10:30:11 am PDT #24524 of 28235
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I finished The King of Attolia yesterday, which is the sequel to The Queen of Attolia, which is the sequel to The Thief. I started reading them because the author is the aunt of one of my best friends, and I have Zero Regrets. I didn't LOVE the books at first, but liked them enough to keep going. Whatever the opposite of Diminishing Returns is, that's what this series has, it just keeps getting better. I put the 4th one on hold at the library and the fifth is coming out next month apparently. So I have it WAY better than my friend and her friends, who started reading them in high school and had to wait years for sequels.


Consuela - Apr 28, 2017 2:06:04 pm PDT #24525 of 28235
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, yes, epic, the Attolia/Eddis books are awesome. Cannot wait for the next one: I think I preordered it already.

And I loved the first one too, because it's so sneaky. The others are sneaky too, but in different ways.


sj - Apr 29, 2017 5:33:17 am PDT #24526 of 28235
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm working at the library bookstore for the first time since ltc was born. The actual store, rather than shelving when it is closed, which I've done several times. I've been here a half hour and already found 3 book and convinced a nice couple to buy The Underground Railroad.


Calli - Apr 29, 2017 9:36:06 am PDT #24527 of 28235
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I just finished His Majesty's Dragon. It was tremendously fun. I went and bought the sequel the moment I finished the first one.


Steph L. - Apr 29, 2017 5:05:38 pm PDT #24528 of 28235
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So, the Skulduggery Pleasant series ended after book 9 a couple of years ago. But wait! There's a new book coming out June 1 in the UK! SO EXCITE!


Amy - Apr 29, 2017 5:39:11 pm PDT #24529 of 28235
Because books.

Man, I still have to read those! I have the first one on my Kindle, but I always forget that I have books on there.