And in a pretty striking change of pace: The Honjin Murders is excellent. I wasn't sure what to expect, classic mysteries are not always all that satisfying, but this one has me hoping that a lot more of the Kindaichi stories get translated into English. Impossible crime, genius detective, family drama, '40s Japan, references to other mystery stories - if this is the kind of thing you like, you'll like this.
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'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."
-t - Aug 08, 2020 5:35:32 pm PDT #26074 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Aug 10, 2020 8:23:58 am PDT #26075 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Courtesy of Mary Robinette Kowal, here are transcripts of Hugo winner speeches.
hippocampus - Aug 14, 2020 5:37:55 pm PDT #26076 of 28175
not your mom's socks.
The Space Between Worlds, you all.
Also, I loved The Midnight Bargain. It comes out October 13. Regency speed dating meets sorcery and feminism.
Consuela - Aug 29, 2020 8:07:34 am PDT #26077 of 28175
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jesse - Aug 29, 2020 8:34:39 am PDT #26078 of 28175
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nice!
DavidS - Aug 29, 2020 8:46:50 am PDT #26079 of 28175
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We knew her when!
How cool!
Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2020 3:34:39 am PDT #26080 of 28175
Ann, that's a ferret.
Wow!
hippocampus - Sep 01, 2020 12:44:12 pm PDT #26081 of 28175
not your mom's socks.
We knew her when!
!!! YAY
Cashmere - Sep 02, 2020 1:34:36 pm PDT #26082 of 28175
Now tagless for your comfort.
WOW!
Consuela - Sep 04, 2020 5:13:59 am PDT #26083 of 28175
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, the world is not completely a garbage fire:
SO EXCITE.
(On edit: scooped by Scola! Darn you, Tom! ::shakes fist::)