Ooh, I will take that rec, sounds good.
I just smashed through the Penric and Desdemona story. Loved it, and now need to go back and re read the others.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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."
meara - May 27, 2020 8:08:16 pm PDT #25915 of 28176
Pix - May 28, 2020 6:16:54 am PDT #25916 of 28176
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Read the new Penric last night — definitely would have felt on the nose if I wasn't sure she wrote it before all this started! Enjoyed it as always. Thanks for the rec of the Alexis Hall book -- just bought it for my Kindle.
Laura - May 28, 2020 6:48:20 am PDT #25917 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks for the rec of the Alexis Hall book -- just bought it for my Kindle.
I just put it on my Nook too! I'm a few books into Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's, but I might pause and devour The Affair of the Mysterious Letter, the go back to St. Mary's.
Jessica - May 28, 2020 6:51:31 am PDT #25918 of 28176
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have fallen down an Alexis Hall rabbit hole and it is ALL YOUR FAULT
Toddson - May 28, 2020 9:51:42 am PDT #25919 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I finally managed to get the Penric novella and started it. It's a bit, um, on-topic for these times.
Have you read Seanan McGuire's "Kingdom of Needle and Bone" (possibly written as Mira Grant)? it's on-topic and seriously scary.
esse - May 28, 2020 11:54:35 pm PDT #25920 of 28176
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm thrilled you're all enjoying Alexis Hall! I've been reading Hall's books for the better part of a decade, and it's been fantastic watching her rise to success over that time -- she's so much more widely known and read now!
I am very fond of Hall's "Kate Kane" novels, and the third book was released this month after a multiyear delay. They're mysteryish novels in a fantasy setting, with vampires & werewolves etc. The main pairing is pretty established, between Kate and her female partner. It's all the great aspects of Hall's writing in a modern fantasy setting.
Cashmere - May 29, 2020 7:27:41 am PDT #25921 of 28176
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have fallen down an Alexis Hall rabbit hole and it is ALL YOUR FAULT
Mwhahahahahaha!
I'm thrilled you're all enjoying Alexis Hall! I've been reading Hall's books for the better part of a decade, and it's been fantastic watching her rise to success over that time -- she's so much more widely known and read now!
Seriously! Glitterland is so amazing in its description of bi-polar illness that I cry and laugh at the same time.
And Arden St. Ives gives me life.
Toddson - May 29, 2020 7:51:29 am PDT #25922 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, if anyone's interested, Cold Comfort Farm is on sale on Amazon. Not sure about anywhere else. It's a hoot - written in 1932 (? 1933?) in reaction to a bunch of novels about rural life, it's a parody of the whole genre. And I believe it kind of killed it off. There's also a delightful movie which stars Ian McKellan as Amos Starkadder.
-t - May 29, 2020 7:55:36 am PDT #25923 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I remember loving the movie when it came out, have not read it. Thanks!
And thanks for the Kate Kane rec, esse. When I looked for more Hall to read I got overwhelmed by all the titles and picking titles at random was not working for me, but a mystery series I am pretty sure will do the job
Cashmere - May 29, 2020 8:32:11 am PDT #25924 of 28176
Now tagless for your comfort.
Well, if anyone's interested, Cold Comfort Farm is on sale on Amazon. Not sure about anywhere else. It's a hoot - written in 1932 (? 1933?) in reaction to a bunch of novels about rural life, it's a parody of the whole genre. And I believe it kind of killed it off. There's also a delightful movie which stars Ian McKellan as Amos Starkadder.
And Kate Beckinsale!
I kind of love the 20s-30s British writing style.