Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


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."


-t - Mar 15, 2019 5:45:12 am PDT #25359 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Right? It's kinda making me sad, though.


EpicTangent - Mar 15, 2019 6:33:46 am PDT #25360 of 28197
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Seriously. The "If only..." in that description kinda stings a little.


Toddson - Apr 04, 2019 6:39:06 am PDT #25361 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I recently read a little book called "Camp Austen" - a young-ish man goes to what's billed as a Jane Austen Summer Camp. It's amusing BUT one thing I noticed - he begins with discussing how, when he was a child, his family moved to England and he was reading her Juvenilia ... which, from his description, sounds like Jane Austen was writing basically fanfic. A lot of it was either based on or parodying 18th century gothics and sensational novels. I do love this idea.

Also, I'm currently reading Joanne M. Harris's Testament of Loki ... only about halfway through, but it's interesting (what happens after Asgard falls).


Connie Neil - Apr 04, 2019 8:03:46 am PDT #25362 of 28197
brillig

The Bronte sisters also had a Gothic world they played in before going "mainstream".


DavidS - Apr 04, 2019 5:41:05 pm PDT #25363 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The Bronte sisters also had a Gothic world they played in before going "mainstream".

And it was basically Lord Nelson fanfic.

Also, Caterina Valente wrote a book about it: [link]


javachik - Apr 09, 2019 1:35:27 pm PDT #25364 of 28197
Our wings are not tired.

HAPPY PUB DAY YOU KNOW WHO


Steph L. - Apr 09, 2019 1:36:41 pm PDT #25365 of 28197
I look more rad than Lutheranism

HAPPY PUB DAY YOU KNOW WHO

My copy doesn't get delivered until tomorrow, dang it. But still, YAY! Happy Riverland Day!!!


Sparky1 - Apr 10, 2019 2:25:00 pm PDT #25366 of 28197
Librarian Warlord

HAPPY PUB DAY YOU KNOW WHO

I WAS THERE


msbelle - Apr 10, 2019 2:53:54 pm PDT #25367 of 28197
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

If one, say, asked a child by phone if they would like fast food (as one was getting it on the way home). And said child replied "sure". Would you expect the child to BE HOME when you arrived around a normal dinnertime?

I have not yet decided if it is worth the belly ache to eat double McD fries.


WindSparrow - Apr 12, 2019 5:00:25 am PDT #25368 of 28197
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I have Riverland in my hands! Figuratively speaking, of course, or typing would be tougher. Not sure when I can dig in, because brain. But I have it!