Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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."


Pix - Jun 06, 2020 7:17:08 pm PDT #25954 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.

I've been reading The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell and really enjoying it so far.


javachik - Jun 06, 2020 10:13:37 pm PDT #25955 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.

I wanna "like" so many posts and I can't! (It's fine! It always takes me a moment to adjust to forums vs. other forms of social media.)


bennett - Jun 07, 2020 3:39:58 pm PDT #25956 of 28344

Interesting twitter thread ( #publishingpaidme ) on the differences between advances received by whites with those received by blacks and people of color. Also a spreadsheet gathering more in-depth data at [link] . Discouraging, but not surprising, alas.


Cashmere - Jun 21, 2020 6:44:59 am PDT #25957 of 28344
Now tagless for your comfort.

Book trailer for Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material:

[link]


-t - Jun 23, 2020 3:17:11 am PDT #25958 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Started listening to A Study in Scarlet Women recently and got to Holmes and Watson meeting yesterday and I have to say that was brilliantly done. The playing with canon is pretty great in general.


Calli - Jun 23, 2020 6:39:53 am PDT #25959 of 28344
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

A Study in Scarlet Women

I thoroughly enjoyed that series.


Amy - Jun 23, 2020 7:10:36 am PDT #25960 of 28344
Because books.

I agree!


-t - Jun 25, 2020 5:50:13 pm PDT #25961 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I started listening to A Conspiracy in Belgravia yesterday and then I started reading The Angel of the Crows today, not realizing that was another alterna-Holmes story. I wonder if I can manage switching between them...


Amy - Jun 27, 2020 5:26:42 am PDT #25962 of 28344
Because books.

I wonder if I can manage switching between them...

I'm glad to know you do that, too. I sometimes read several books at once, and choose which book to pick up based on my mood. Right now I'm reading The Ten Thousand Doors of January as well as A Conspiracy in Belgravia, and I also started The Immortalists.


Laura - Jun 27, 2020 5:37:54 am PDT #25963 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.

I used to read multiple books at once, but don't sem to be able to do that anymore! That said, The Ten Thousand Doors of January was an awesome read.