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.
Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.
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."
Jessica - Mar 17, 2020 2:33:28 pm PDT #25701 of 28195
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
meara - Mar 17, 2020 2:46:43 pm PDT #25702 of 28195
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 28195
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 28195
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 28195
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 28195
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 28195
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 28195
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.
Fred Pete - Mar 18, 2020 3:11:23 am PDT #25709 of 28195
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'll have to see if I can dig out my copy of Forever Amber. Historical romance AND the plague of 1666 -- the perfect book for times like this!
hippocampus - Mar 18, 2020 4:52:11 am PDT #25710 of 28195
not your mom's socks.
Wanderers is so good.
We teach The Stand as a first-read/first-year MFA genre fiction book, and while that one isn't my fave, it's excellent for talking about various genre elements and tools.
Consuela - a sequel is coming for GE, plus I've read the new book and it's very good.