Toni Morrison has died.
Truly an inspiration to so many. She made a difference in countless lives.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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."
Laura - Aug 06, 2019 5:01:50 am PDT #25431 of 28197
Our wings are not tired.
Consuela - Aug 06, 2019 5:32:04 am PDT #25432 of 28197
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
She really did.
Amy - Aug 06, 2019 6:22:33 am PDT #25433 of 28197
Because books.
I had no idea she was 88. She seemed so vital and so *young* always.
In other news, I just read my first Laura Lippman, Sunburn, and it was fantastic. Will be disappearing down that hole for a while.
Jesse - Aug 06, 2019 7:22:30 am PDT #25434 of 28197
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura Lippman is generally fantastic, and the reviews of her latest are rapturous.
RIP, Toni Morrison.
EpicTangent - Aug 06, 2019 8:05:50 am PDT #25435 of 28197
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I haven't read Sunburn , but I'm a big Lippman fan in general.
Jesse - Aug 06, 2019 8:37:54 am PDT #25436 of 28197
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sunburn is so great -- it's a noir at the beach, basically.
-t - Aug 07, 2019 12:47:23 pm PDT #25437 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Custard Protocol PSA: Reticence is out. I haven't finished it yet but so far it is delightful.
Steph L. - Aug 07, 2019 3:53:58 pm PDT #25438 of 28197
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Custard Protocol PSA: Reticence is out. I haven't finished it yet but so far it is delightful.
I have it on hold at the library and can't wait for it to come in!
aurelia - Aug 08, 2019 6:20:23 pm PDT #25439 of 28197
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Has anybody else gotten into Serial Box? I've been listening to Dead Air and I swear it's as if Winifred Burkle were the main character in a Gillian Flynn book.
Shir - Aug 18, 2019 11:53:08 am PDT #25440 of 28197
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Remember the book I kept mentioning in the past few months, The Heart of the Circle? Shir "Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear." Mar 1, 2019 7:33:33 am PST It's out. [link]
There are plenty of interviews out there, but Keren wrote about the background of writing The Heart of the Circle here: [link]