Read "Book of Essie"—it was slightly different than expected, but I liked it a lot. The main character was maybe a little treacly, and some of it might be a bit of liberal wish fulfillment about a Duggar-like family. But I enjoyed the twists and turns.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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."
meara - Jan 11, 2019 2:55:32 pm PST #25250 of 28197
sumi - Jan 15, 2019 11:41:39 am PST #25251 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
I heard that a new Buffyverse novel was coming out last week and put a hold on it - expecting that I would get it sometime in the next six months: but I got it right away!
It's called Slayer by Kiersten White and I'm enjoying it so far.
In other Whedonverse news: picked up the new Firefly novel Big Damn Hero. So far it's enjoyable.
Steph L. - Jan 15, 2019 11:49:52 am PST #25252 of 28197
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sumi, no lie -- I just got a notice today from my library that Slayer is ready for me to pick up!
sumi - Jan 15, 2019 12:01:12 pm PST #25253 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
So fast!
Toddson - Jan 16, 2019 7:08:45 am PST #25254 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Not sure if this is literary, but author Sherilyn Kenyon is charging her husband (soon to be ex-husband) and his assistant with poisoning her. She was weak, her teeth were breaking, her bones breaking with light pressure ... and on being tested her blood had heavy concentrations of metals (tin, lithium, thorium, I believe).
Amy - Jan 16, 2019 7:48:37 am PST #25255 of 28197
Because books.
sj posted about that on Facebook! Craziness. Her husband sounds positively psychopathic.
sj - Jan 16, 2019 8:08:25 am PST #25256 of 28197
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It also surprises me that the authors I follow on Twitter don't seem to be talking about it at all.
Amy - Jan 16, 2019 8:17:49 am PST #25257 of 28197
Because books.
I guess .. I don't know if I *would* talk about it publicly? I think in that instance it might feel too much like gossip. She also might have asked author friends not to?
sj - Jan 16, 2019 8:18:45 am PST #25258 of 28197
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yeah, I guess so, but usually when there is a scandal there is a ton of chatter about it even if people aren't naming names.
Amy - Jan 16, 2019 9:08:33 am PST #25259 of 28197
Because books.
That's true, too! It might be that it's another friends group of authors.