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'Harm's Way'

Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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-t - Jun 27, 2017 5:09:14 pm PDT #24639 of 28222

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is weird, sumi, but I've noticed that even when, say, buying e-books that books in a series will get categorized differently. I suppose it's someone different making the decision each time?

Up to book 17 of the Foreigner series (although I think she calls it something else, First Contact?) and I'm pleased with my decision to catch up on it. Weird to read after the Three Body Problem, I keep thinking about cosmological sociology, but the Trisolarans initiated contact with the Solar System rather than just "cleansing" them, too. So. I don't know what I conclude from that, but I continue to enjoy Cherryh's way with alien cultures.

sumi - Jun 28, 2017 9:53:32 am PDT #24640 of 28222

Art Crawl!!!

Meanwhile - an important fact I have learned from Stiletto : the Dutch put chocolate sprinkles on their toast.

Toddson - Jun 28, 2017 12:24:39 pm PDT #24641 of 28222

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

(packs bags for trip to Holland)

In strange shelving stories, when I was a kid I found "Animal Farm" had originally been classified as a children's book ... someone explained to the librarians and it was reclassified as a book for grown-ups, but the original stamp was visible.

DavidS - Jun 28, 2017 8:13:40 pm PDT #24642 of 28222

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Meanwhile - an important fact I have learned from Stiletto : the Dutch put chocolate sprinkles on their toast.

For breakfast most mornings, apparently.

Amy - Jun 29, 2017 6:35:24 am PDT #24643 of 28222

Because books.

Nancy Pearl's summer reading list, via NPR: [link]

I love the sound of the first book, a vintage Hollywood mystery with Edith Head (!) as one of the detectives.

-t - Jun 29, 2017 6:55:42 am PDT #24644 of 28222

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh!

Sheryl - Jun 29, 2017 1:32:53 pm PDT #24645 of 28222

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

I read that for the Agatha awards(it was nominated for Best First mystery- alas, it didn't win.) and enjoyed it greatly.

Jessica - Jun 30, 2017 12:14:10 pm PDT #24646 of 28222

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

This is cool!

Crowd-sourced "literature map" that lets you see "readers who like this author also like" in a very nice graphical format.

EpicTangent - Jun 30, 2017 1:43:01 pm PDT #24647 of 28222

Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Very cool - investigating a new author in another tab even as we speak!

Laura - Jul 01, 2017 5:46:54 am PDT #24648 of 28222

Our wings are not tired.

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss is awesome

As a reward to myself this morning, after cleaning up several times after a sick dog, I added this one to my Nook. I have to laugh at myself since I already have many years worth of unread volumes in paper and electronic form here. But I deserved a reward and the reviews from my friends are making it irresistible.

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