Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series was set in Regency England.
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
Buffy ,'Selfless'
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."
Amy - Jul 11, 2019 7:13:42 am PDT #25421 of 28197
Because books.
Toddson - Jul 11, 2019 8:12:40 am PDT #25422 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, the Brits have Harry ....
Kate P. - Jul 30, 2019 6:09:01 pm PDT #25423 of 28197
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hit up a massive local used bookstore today and scored a late Joan Aiken, a Moomintroll book, and Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, one I loved as a kid. This place is a goldmine for picking up all kinds of children's fantasy classics. My last trip there in June netted me Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown. Slowly but surely, I'm building up the library that 10-year-old me would have killed for (and that hopefully my kids will love, or at least appreciate, one day too).
DavidS - Jul 30, 2019 6:22:52 pm PDT #25424 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So many scores, Kate!
Katerina Bee - Jul 30, 2019 8:03:40 pm PDT #25425 of 28197
Herding cats for fun
Sweeeet booooooks!
chrismg - Aug 01, 2019 10:16:47 am PDT #25426 of 28197
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
The Destruction Flag Otome manga has started coming out in the US! And holy cow, it really is That Good.
-t - Aug 02, 2019 5:33:15 pm PDT #25427 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've been on a Martha Wells kick: read The Wizard Hunters more or less at random, and only as I was looking for the next book in the series did I realize that The Element of Fire was set in the same world and I had in fact read it, so I went on to The Death of the Necromancer and Between Worlds before Ships of the Air and that was absolutely the right decision.
Consuela - Aug 02, 2019 5:38:19 pm PDT #25428 of 28197
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay, -t, I am such a fan of hers. If you email me I will tell you her fannish pseud...
-t - Aug 02, 2019 6:19:50 pm PDT #25429 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm not sure I want to open that can of worms. She's got an awful lot of published work to keep me busy. I'll keep that in mind, though, thanks! And I probably read her in the first p,lace off you recommendation way back when, so thanks for that, too
sj - Aug 06, 2019 4:39:12 am PDT #25430 of 28197
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Toni Morrison has died.