For TGE, I'm really enjoying The ArchDuke and the Glorious Dragon, in which Maia was stolen away by his aunt Shalean (the pirate) after his mother died. It's quite charming, although the writer is dropping very small chapters once a week, which is not meeting my needs.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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 - May 15, 2020 8:24:42 am PDT #25870 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara - May 15, 2020 9:27:53 am PDT #25871 of 28176
Ooh I think I've read continuing education, but not the other one! Yay
Calli - May 15, 2020 11:34:07 am PDT #25872 of 28176
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
There's a twitter thread on the love letters between Elizabeth Barret Browning and Robert Browning here, and I'm finding it delightful: [link]
Laura - May 16, 2020 7:54:26 am PDT #25873 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
To those of you who recommended The 10,000 doors of January a bit ago, I love you dearly. This was exactly the door I needed to go through. About half way through and although I am torn between doing nothing else but reading, and not wanting to finish it.
Consuela - May 16, 2020 1:08:57 pm PDT #25874 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, I really enjoyed that.
Shir - May 18, 2020 10:26:17 pm PDT #25875 of 28176
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
The 10,000 doors of January
Ha, turns out it was just translated into Hebrew so there's a sale to celebrate it. I'll get a copy.
(My non-academic reading in the past weeks is Etty Hillesum diary, various journals' longreads, and my sorta-book club is reading "Life: A User's Manual" which is so wonderful and interesting and I wouldn't get 65% of what is happening there without the group's thoughts and analyses).
Cashmere - May 19, 2020 9:36:17 am PDT #25876 of 28176
Now tagless for your comfort.
Martha Wells is doing a sign and interview with Worldbuilders on Twitch TV!
edited to add: I may or may not be watching from work.
EpicTangent - May 20, 2020 8:11:11 am PDT #25877 of 28176
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Anybody who hasn't yet acquired The Proposal, by Java's friend, Jasmine Guillory, the ebook is on special for $1.99:
Consuela - May 20, 2020 6:09:14 pm PDT #25878 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really enjoyed that one, it was charming. And the BF isn't a tool (I didn't like the BF in The Wedding Date that much).
Matt the Bruins fan - May 22, 2020 7:17:41 am PDT #25879 of 28176
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I just found out that someone has released a parody version of Marie Kondo's lifestyle advice book called Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t, by Messie Condo.