I adore Andre Norton.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
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."
Connie Neil - Apr 12, 2018 12:13:21 pm PDT #25034 of 28200
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DavidS - Apr 12, 2018 5:51:56 pm PDT #25035 of 28200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Of course the Buffistas would have this subject covered!
Kate, if he liked Lud-In-The-Mist, and enjoyed Tolkien then he might be able to handle some of the other books from the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. (The "adult" part back then was meant merely to distinguish them from kid tales, not super sexy times. It's mostly 19th century and early 20th century stuff).
I was particularly charmed by Lord Dunsany's stories from that era and his classic novel The King of Elfland's Daughter.
Here's a complete list of the series and you'll see many titles you know well, and others that would probably be new:
Connie Neil - Apr 12, 2018 6:34:08 pm PDT #25036 of 28200
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Ooh, Katherine Kurtz' Deryni series! Kurtz was big in the Society for Creative Anachronism in its early days, and it was a fun game for SCAers to read the books and identify whose garb and devices had been lifted for the characters in the books.
bennett - Apr 13, 2018 7:58:18 am PDT #25037 of 28200
Also, Peter Beagle's books, Evangeline Walton's books based on the Mabinogion, and CJ Cherryh's Morgaine books. Cherryh also wrote some fantasies based on Russian fairy tales, but I haven't read them.
Kat - Apr 13, 2018 8:20:53 am PDT #25038 of 28200
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read In Other Lands yet?
meara - Apr 13, 2018 8:43:13 am PDT #25039 of 28200
I got about 80% of the way through and then my library book expired, Kat. I thought it was interesting but I obviously wasn't super into it if I didn't go "oh no only one day left quick must finish" but partly I think it just wasn't hitting the mood I was in.
sumi - Apr 14, 2018 5:48:49 am PDT #25040 of 28200
Art Crawl!!!
Epic - where do I find the "What's the name of that book?" section on Goodreads?
EpicTangent - Apr 16, 2018 12:32:25 pm PDT #25041 of 28200
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
There's a menu at the top called "Community", it gives you a dropdown for "Groups". It comes at the top of my Groups page, but I realized that's because I joined the Group. There is a search bar in Groups, I assume it will come up if you search for it.
Here's a link, assuming it will work for someone who's not signed in as me:
Jesse - Apr 17, 2018 7:24:40 am PDT #25042 of 28200
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I finally read The Wedding Date yesterday, and it was so fun! Also fun to see Nanita in the acknowledgements. And I'm excited that Jasmine has another book coming out in the fall.
javachik - Apr 17, 2018 7:35:59 am PDT #25043 of 28200
Our wings are not tired.
That makes me so happy! And the second book will thrill all of you who, like me, LOATHE public wedding proposals. The "meet cute" is with a particularly likeable character from the first book who witnesses a Jumbotron proposal gone wrong and swoops in to help the young woman (who turned down the proposal) deal with leaving the packed stadium amidst the emotional aftermath!