I binged through Emma Newman's Split World series I the last week. It was really well done and creative, and ended better than I feared. Good stuff.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Consuela - Nov 06, 2019 3:33:58 pm PST #25517 of 28432
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Pix - Nov 06, 2019 4:50:53 pm PST #25518 of 28432
The status is NOT quo.
I like Starless Sea a lot so far, but The Ten Thousand Doors of January has some striking similarities, and I think it's better. So read both!
-t - Nov 06, 2019 5:00:19 pm PST #25519 of 28432
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, ok, I will!
I am finding I need to keep pausing The Starless Sea to, I don't know, let it sink in. This may take a while.
-t - Nov 07, 2019 2:38:24 pm PST #25520 of 28432
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I went to Starbucks on the way home to sit for a little while, eat a croissant, drink Earl Grey it's soy milk honey & vanilla, and read another chapter of The Starless Sea. That was delightful
sj - Nov 07, 2019 2:44:06 pm PST #25521 of 28432
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I started it last night. I didn't get very far before I was too tired, but so far it really is delightful.
sj - Nov 10, 2019 5:01:01 am PST #25522 of 28432
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I broke my reading block with My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, and I highly recommend it. All of the chapters are two to three pages each; so, I found it impossible to put down.
Laura - Nov 10, 2019 6:00:09 am PST #25523 of 28432
Our wings are not tired.
I binged through Emma Newman's Split World series I the last week. It was really well done and creative, and ended better than I feared. Good stuff.
I just put that to next on my Nook list. Looking forward to it.
sj - Nov 10, 2019 6:20:45 am PST #25524 of 28432
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I binged through Emma Newman's Split World series I the last week. It was really well done and creative, and ended better than I feared. Good stuff.
Oooh, that looks good. Adding it to my list too.
Consuela - Nov 10, 2019 6:42:45 am PST #25525 of 28432
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's very: what if Regency England but feminists, sorcerers, talking gargoyles, and dangerous lords of the Fae? And also the environmental damage of untrammeled capitalism.
sj - Nov 10, 2019 6:53:31 am PST #25526 of 28432
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have to read 23 more books by the end of the year to reach my reading goal. So I see a lot of novellas and graphic novels in my future.