I mean, it's Ursula Vernon.
Welcome to the Hellmouth petting zoo.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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."
chrismg - Jul 22, 2020 5:17:56 am PDT #26020 of 28176
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
-t - Jul 22, 2020 5:55:07 am PDT #26021 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Indeed. Particularly timely, although in her Author's Note she says that is a coincidence.
Consuela - Jul 22, 2020 2:13:41 pm PDT #26022 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
oh, good! I have gotten into the habit of just buying everything she publishes (except for the horror).
-t - Jul 22, 2020 2:37:34 pm PDT #26023 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Me too. Even the horror has proven not too nightmare-inducing for me! This title was so very enticing I might have got it even if I wasn't following her already, and it did not disappoint.
juliana - Jul 23, 2020 10:00:49 am PDT #26024 of 28176
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I finished Priory of the Orange Tree last night, and... I think I liked it? I know why it got recommended to me, and they weren't wrong. It's got great worldbuilding and very believable situations, but, for me, there was one too many POV characters to keep track of, and I just can't with violence and war anymore. I'd be willing to go back for a re-read in a few years, but, for now, I need to stick to less grim things (even though the ending of PotOT is hopeful, it's still A Lot to get through to that).
-t - Jul 23, 2020 11:10:54 am PDT #26025 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, that sounds right. I think I admire it more than I like it? There was a lot to like about it but, maybe too challenging for me right now.
-t - Jul 23, 2020 4:31:50 pm PDT #26026 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
About halfway through Audible's version of The Sandman. It's very weird to just what I am so used to seeing, but I'm liking it. I'm not sure I'm sold on James McAvoy's voice - not that it's wrong it's just not what I imagined from the font somehow. I had to look up who he is, too. He's been in a whole lot of things I haven't seen.
And I was sure that it was Kristen Schaal Playing Death but it's apparently Kat Dennings. Would not have guessed I could get those two so completely mixed up.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 23, 2020 4:38:24 pm PDT #26027 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
They both have voices that manage to be both nasal and husky, so I can see mixing them up without a visual.
What I can't see is either of them being right to read Death's speech bubbles.
-t - Jul 23, 2020 5:00:39 pm PDT #26028 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We'll see how she works out as I go on, but so far Ms Denning is working better for me than I would have thought.
Atropa - Jul 24, 2020 6:22:07 pm PDT #26029 of 28176
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I started listening to The Sandman and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's okay, but I think it will work better for someone who doesn't essentially have the comics memorized. There's something about the expanded descriptions in the narration that are falling flat for me. I know they were developed from all of the notes to the artists in the original script, but they don't hit the sweet spot of descriptive enough without overwhelming the rest of the story.
I'll probably stick with it through "A Death in the Family", out of cautious curiosity for my favorite.