Y'all, how did it not occur to me until now that there must be Red White and Royal Blue fanfic?? I mean, partly because the book itself satisfied so many of my hopes and dreams, it was itself kind of like fanfic. But there are 73 stories on AO3! Time to start reading!
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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 - Aug 20, 2019 10:00:49 am PDT #25441 of 28197
Jesse - Aug 20, 2019 12:07:01 pm PDT #25442 of 28197
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh god, I'm just reading it now, and those boys are literally killing me.
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2019 1:21:39 pm PDT #25443 of 28197
I look more rad than Lutheranism
If I can get through my pile from the library (which is difficult because I keep reading Good Omens fanfic instead), my next book is Red White and Royal Blue. It looks so good!
Amy - Aug 20, 2019 4:57:52 pm PDT #25444 of 28197
Because books.
I want to read that, too! But I'm still in Laura Lippman world, and I can't get enough.
Consuela - Aug 20, 2019 8:16:08 pm PDT #25445 of 28197
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Is it mean of me to be entertained by the kerfuffle in the Wheel of Time fandom about mixed-race casting? They're all, "oh the text is being violated by the SJWs!" and I can't help snickering because that text was... so... bad. Even a terrible tv adaptation could only be an improvement.
... YBMV. I gave up after 5 books or so when I realized that the story was moving ever slower, and eventually would result in a 1200-page book that covered a single hour of story.
Gudanov - Aug 21, 2019 6:03:07 am PDT #25446 of 28197
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, I just petered out after awhile. I thought it was a decent trilogy (maybe not brilliantly written, but entertaining) that got way, way out of hand. But, yeah, around book 4 or 5 it got so repetitive and slow and I realized that every female character was basically the same person.
Jessica - Aug 21, 2019 6:11:53 am PDT #25447 of 28197
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I made it almost halfway through the first book when I realized I had no idea what was going on or who anybody was.
sj - Aug 28, 2019 10:12:08 am PDT #25448 of 28197
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I started reading The Mere Wife last night, and it was so good! I only put it down when I could no longer keep my eyes open, and I can't wait to get back to it tonight.
DebetEsse - Sep 12, 2019 2:22:37 pm PDT #25449 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Buffista parents: I am in search of Where's My Cow A bedtime book that will not make me want to gouge my eyes out by the 5th reading.
Goodnight Moon is RIGHT OUT, and this is one of the few places that I feel that I can trust not to have recommended it in the first place.
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2019 2:30:38 pm PDT #25450 of 28197
brillig
Unfortunately, the Ankh-Morpork version of Where's My Cow? was vetoed by Lady Sybil.