New outrage! Via T.S. Eliot. The thread is as good to read as the letters themselves (which are linked) -- [link]
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
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 - Jan 02, 2020 2:43:08 pm PST #25597 of 28195
Because books.
-t - Jan 02, 2020 4:25:35 pm PST #25598 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ok, I thought I could just click over and check that out but I'm gonna have to save that for when I can really devote some time and attention to it.
Dana - Jan 04, 2020 7:04:42 am PST #25599 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Holy shit amazeballs:
A white romance novelist's ethics complaint against the author Courtney Milan for calling her book a "racist mess" led to the censure of Milan and sparked an uproar across the publishing world. Now the novelist, Kathryn Lynn Davis, says that her original complaint about the professional harm she suffered was not accurate.
In an interview with the Guardian, Davis said she was "encouraged" by the administration of Romance Writers of America (RWA), a trade association for romance writers, to file a formal complaint against Milan, an influential former board member and diversity advocate. She now feels she had been "used" to secure a political outcome that she had never intended.
Amy - Jan 04, 2020 8:56:29 am PST #25600 of 28195
Because books.
This just gets better and better!
Laura - Jan 04, 2020 10:51:21 am PST #25601 of 28195
Our wings are not tired.
I'm turning pages waiting for the illicit affair and suspicious maiming accident chapters.
amyparker - Jan 04, 2020 4:44:52 pm PST #25602 of 28195
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I had to explain Chuck Tingle to Jim.
I regret my life choices.
Dana - Jan 04, 2020 4:45:29 pm PST #25603 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But Chuck Tingle is the best!
Dana - Jan 04, 2020 4:51:06 pm PST #25604 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Though I admit you do have to use the word "pounded" to explain him.
amyparker - Jan 04, 2020 5:08:26 pm PST #25605 of 28195
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I agree! With both points! Which is why Bev was patting my hand and making "There, there, love" noises in email.
-t - Jan 04, 2020 5:09:05 pm PST #25606 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think I could explain Chuck Tingle to anyone. There is too much. Maybe sum up