We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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."


juliana - Aug 19, 2018 5:54:42 am PDT #25140 of 28675
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I am halfway through Space Opera now, and I'm enjoying it immensely.

My mom saw Gretchen Carlson speak on PBS the other day and sent me her latest book, Be Fierce, because I am also a fierce woman (she says). My mom has never watched Fox News and really isn't up to date on much of anything. I'm womanfully not telling her exactly what I think of Gretchen Carlson or the mere existence of the book, of which I don't have the spoons to read.


aurelia - Aug 19, 2018 8:08:36 am PDT #25141 of 28675
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

You could respond with Make Trouble by Cecile Richards.


Toddson - Aug 20, 2018 9:24:35 am PDT #25142 of 28675
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

N.K. Jemisin made history - she's the first to win the Hugo for best novel three years running. Here's her acceptance speech.


-t - Aug 21, 2018 5:01:01 pm PDT #25143 of 28675
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Finally got a chance to watch the speech. I will follow her anywhere.


Amy - Aug 24, 2018 6:54:31 am PDT #25144 of 28675
Because books.

Anyone else read or are reading Our Kind of Cruelty, by Araminta Hall?

My library hold just came in and I just started it. It looks fantastic.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2018 7:53:17 am PDT #25145 of 28675
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

Oooh, Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon at work. I am quite confident I was completely unaware of "Araminta" as a name before the last couple of weeks.


Jesse - Aug 24, 2018 8:50:33 am PDT #25146 of 28675
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's a character in Crazy Rich Asians, right?


Amy - Aug 24, 2018 8:59:35 am PDT #25147 of 28675
Because books.

I have an old children's book that was my mom's and the doll in it is named Araminta.


bennett - Aug 24, 2018 9:19:32 am PDT #25148 of 28675

I checked Google Books Ngram viewer - which plots the frequency of words in Google Books over time - and the first use of "Araminta" is in 1709 - [link] .

FWIW.


Toddson - Aug 24, 2018 10:06:24 am PDT #25149 of 28675
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Remember Cockygate? well, in corporate news, P&G Wants to Trademark LOL and Other Millennial Phrases.