Ha! No, Dana. It's a comfort reread (of a sort).
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
Kate P. - Mar 17, 2020 1:56:33 pm PDT #25699 of 28564
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Dana - Mar 17, 2020 1:58:32 pm PDT #25700 of 28564
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Just checking.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2020 2:33:28 pm PDT #25701 of 28564
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
A readers' advisory consultant at work told us that when the world is a garbage fire, two genres of books increase in readership: romance and dystopian fiction.
And, as of this weekend, K-12 workbooks.
meara - Mar 17, 2020 2:46:43 pm PDT #25702 of 28564
LOL, I was tempted to re-read Domesday Book, but then thought it might be too much.
I just read my first Rhys Bowen book the other day, Sheryl! But it doesn't seem to be part of a series (In Farleigh Field).
I do suspect I may need to re-up my Kindle Unlimited subscription if this goes on very long...
Sophia Brooks - Mar 17, 2020 2:49:28 pm PDT #25703 of 28564
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What series, Cashmere?
Last year I stressread over 200 books (almost all gay romance). I am scraping the bottom of the barrel.
aurelia - Mar 17, 2020 3:36:35 pm PDT #25704 of 28564
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I tend to gravitate toward the dystopian. I started re-reading Station Eleven but I decided I should finish The Secret History since I'm already halfway through and because someone from work loaned it to me.
Amy - Mar 17, 2020 4:22:02 pm PDT #25705 of 28564
Because books.
Yeah, I am really tempted to dip into The Stand right now.
Cashmere - Mar 17, 2020 4:47:04 pm PDT #25706 of 28564
Now tagless for your comfort.
What's the series, Cash? Sounds good
-t, it's the Mahu series by Neil Plakcy.
I have been recommending The Doomsday Book to people who want a pandemic read.
-t - Mar 17, 2020 5:07:37 pm PDT #25707 of 28564
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks!
Whoa, there's a lot of them. Nice.
Consuela - Mar 17, 2020 6:37:24 pm PDT #25708 of 28564
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
For those who want the dystopia, Wanderers by Chuck Wendig is very much The Stand but now, and with an AI in the mix. It's all a bit too on-the-nose politically for me, but it really kept my attention when I read it last month.
I have been reading the Maisie Dobbs mysteries, but my library only has, like, every other one, which is annoying.
And I just yesterday finished a reread of The Goblin Emperor and I wish to hell there was a sequel or something. Love that book so much. And yeah, I know Addison/Monette has another book coming out, but I'm worried it'll be more like the Doctrine of Labyrinths than TGE, and I didn't really like DOL.