What about A Wizard of Earthsea, Jesse? It's not sf, but it's pretty great.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
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 - Jul 29, 2017 7:32:28 am PDT #24691 of 28222
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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!
Amy - Aug 10, 2017 4:50:21 pm PDT #24700 of 28222
Because books.
Has anyone else read the Sebastien St. Cyr series, by C.S. Harris? I'm on the second book and LOVING it. It's 1811 London, he's a war vet (and former spy) and a viscount and, of course, dashing and broodingly handsome. Highly recommended for anyone who needs a new historical mystery series.