I just signed up for a Virtual Literary Festival (MYVLF) [link] - They're doing a book weekend in May with discussion panels; Neil Gaiman is going to talk about Ray Bradbury. Eeeeee!
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Atropa - Apr 25, 2020 11:33:37 am PDT #25810 of 28176
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
esse - Apr 25, 2020 4:49:19 pm PDT #25811 of 28176
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
that looks awesome!
-t - May 09, 2020 3:46:26 pm PDT #25812 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Caught up on Murderbot Diaries and oh my I really enjoy that so much. Going to listen to them all one after the other while I do yard work.
Meanwhile I *thought* I would read a novella real quick but it turns out The Priory of the Orange Tree is 800 pages long so I don't know where I got the idea it was short. It's got a fictional religion and dragons and a plague, though, so it's working for me. I'll just have to switch between the universes as needed.
Consuela - May 09, 2020 4:56:14 pm PDT #25813 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read Murderbot the other day. So good. I will have to go back and reread the whole series soon.
Right now I'm in comfort-reading mode, and I'm rereading all of Diane Duane's Rihannsu novels.
esse - May 09, 2020 5:13:47 pm PDT #25814 of 28176
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
The new murderbot is next on my list! I'm so excited.
Yeah, "Priory" is ... not a light read.
I loved Rihannsu as a young teenager, I should go back to them again!
Katerina Bee - May 09, 2020 8:11:45 pm PDT #25815 of 28176
Herding cats for fun
I quite liked Priory of the Orange Tree. I knew I could finish it but waited for paperback due to weight. I'd recommend it for having strong female characters and presenting two tender, unexpected gay love stories.
-t - May 10, 2020 4:55:48 am PDT #25816 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
E-book, which is why I apparently had no idea how long it was when I started it. I just finished Part I, so a lot still to go and I still have very little idea what is actually going on - I mean, I'm following the plot, I think, but there are a lot of secrets and mysteries
Pix - May 10, 2020 8:25:57 am PDT #25817 of 28176
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I also just read and loved the latest murderbot! I liked Priory, but I didn't love it for some reason.
Consuela - May 10, 2020 4:41:32 pm PDT #25818 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Currently reading The 10,000 doors of January, which is really good and I recommend.
-t - May 10, 2020 4:49:16 pm PDT #25819 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, that's so good!