I'm working the library bookstore today. Does anyone want a copy of Railsea or Kraken by Mieville?They're like new library editions. ETA: Claimed!
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
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."
sj - Jul 29, 2017 5:18:13 am PDT #24690 of 28222
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Consuela - Jul 29, 2017 7:32:28 am PDT #24691 of 28222
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What about A Wizard of Earthsea, Jesse? It's not sf, but it's pretty great.
sj - Jul 29, 2017 8:52:55 am PDT #24692 of 28222
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Spidewick Chronicles are good audiobooks.
bennett - Jul 29, 2017 9:55:31 am PDT #24693 of 28222
Sophia, I've learned that if you're reading on a Kindle and put it into airplane mode, ebooks don't expire until you turn airplane mode back off. Of course you can't get any new books, but it's a good way to finish a book that is expiring. Not really viable for tablets and phones, alas.
-t - Jul 29, 2017 11:21:59 am PDT #24694 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ha, that's a good trick, bennett!
DavidS - Jul 29, 2017 2:41:46 pm PDT #24695 of 28222
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jessica, have they read/heard the Tiffany Aching books? Emmett and I thought the audiobook for The Wee Free Men was hilarious. The one with Stephen Briggs.
Crivens!
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2017 4:12:37 pm PDT #24696 of 28222
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sophia, I've learned that if you're reading on a Kindle and put it into airplane mode, ebooks don't expire until you turn airplane mode back off. Of course you can't get any new books, but it's a good way to finish a book that is expiring. Not really viable for tablets and phones, alas.
I've totally done that with library books on my Kindle.
Amy - Jul 29, 2017 5:19:03 pm PDT #24697 of 28222
Because books.
Jess, what about Jasper Fforde's middle grade series?
Jessica - Jul 29, 2017 5:26:42 pm PDT #24698 of 28222
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We listened to Wee Free Men last year - so great. Thanks guys, off to download!
chrismg - Aug 10, 2017 4:47:03 pm PDT #24699 of 28222
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Just finished Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee and liked it a lot. It doesn't dig too deeply into any of the characters - most of them are just sketched in - but the strength of the prose and the ideas really kept me reading. Bring on Book 2!