I got the Black Swan Lane book (when it was on sale), but haven't started it yet. I enjoyed the Lady Julia books up to a point, the Lady Darby ones less so. I HAVE started "Deathless Divide" - set in an AU America, antebellum with slavery but also zombies. The protagonist is a young woman sent off from her home plantation to a school to teach her to fight zombies so she can be sold as a protector for a white woman. I've barely started it, so I don't know quite where it's going ... but ZOMBIES.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'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."
Toddson - Jul 07, 2020 6:41:33 am PDT #26000 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Consuela - Jul 07, 2020 8:13:07 am PDT #26001 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Toddson, is that the sequel to Dread Nation by Justina Ireland? That was really creative and horrifying.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2020 9:56:52 am PDT #26002 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I think it is.
Cashmere - Jul 07, 2020 11:11:01 am PDT #26003 of 28176
Now tagless for your comfort.
It is.
Toddson - Jul 08, 2020 4:37:39 am PDT #26004 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
This may or may not be the place for it, but there seems to be a kickstarter for The Children's Illustrated Clausewitz. Although I think many children are born knowing the essentials.
chrismg - Jul 08, 2020 5:46:22 am PDT #26005 of 28176
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Toddson, that looks really cool!
-t - Jul 08, 2020 6:43:44 am PDT #26006 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, I didn't really mean to read The Heir Affair in 24 hours but here we are. It's fun! Partly for the nostalgia, if that's the right word, for a world in which Royal Family sex scandals would be big news. I went into it thinking it'd be a rom-com but it's more of a soap opera
Laura - Jul 08, 2020 7:18:09 am PDT #26007 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
Fun is good!
EpicTangent - Jul 08, 2020 9:34:31 am PDT #26008 of 28176
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I was thinking I had read this but when I went to Goodreads to look it up, it wasn't at all familiar. Then I realized I'm thinking of The Eyre Affair, which is not the same thing at all. So weird that I managed to fall victim to a homonym, even though the words are written!
-t - Jul 08, 2020 9:47:49 am PDT #26009 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, funny! Do you hear what you are reading in your head? I do, so I can see me mixing those two up - I think it might be even more likely now that you've pointed it out...