Nope! Thanks!
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
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."
Katerina Bee - Sep 18, 2020 6:15:39 am PDT #26127 of 28175
Herding cats for fun
hippocampus - Sep 21, 2020 4:21:38 pm PDT #26128 of 28175
not your mom's socks.
I'm reading, t!
-t - Sep 22, 2020 5:16:10 am PDT #26129 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay! I decided that now is the time to finally read The Testaments, but I'm sure I can switch into thinking-about-Piranesi mode with no trouble
sj - Sep 22, 2020 1:31:27 pm PDT #26130 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Whoever suggested Princess Pulverizer books for ltc, thank you! They're fantastic!
Cashmere - Sep 22, 2020 4:04:48 pm PDT #26131 of 28175
Now tagless for your comfort.
sj - Sep 22, 2020 5:28:34 pm PDT #26132 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thank you, again Cash! We're only on the first one, but she got the boxed set for her birthday after I added it to her wishlist.
Maybe I'll get her one of the Kitty books for Halloween.
We were trying the newer Amelia Bedelia chapter books, but ltc wasn't getting the puns so they weren't keeping her attention. I'll put those aside for her to read when she's a little older. They're very different from the Amelia Bedelia's I read as a kid.
Jessica - Sep 28, 2020 9:56:03 am PDT #26133 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I finally got around to reading (listening to) Gideon the Ninth and WOW. So good! Starting the sequel as soon as I can log off from work today.
Also literally the first thing I've been able to get through since March that isn't romance or fanfic, so yay me.
DebetEsse - Sep 28, 2020 9:59:38 am PDT #26134 of 28175
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yes! That was a fun one. I'm approaching the top of the waitlist for Harrow at the library, and looking forward to it. I do expect it will be less Agatha Christie than Gideon, which makes me a little sad.
-t - Sep 28, 2020 10:02:21 am PDT #26135 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Woo! I have the Gideon audiobook on deck to listen to after I get caught up again on Murderbot, which is only stalled out because I am forcing myself to only listen to that when I am doing household chores...Anyway, I really liked the sequel but also am not sure I know what is actually happening in it so I look forward to hearing someone else's opinion about it (also hoping the third book answers some of my questions)
amyparker - Sep 28, 2020 10:30:44 am PDT #26136 of 28175
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Becky Chambers has a new book out in July, and her work has moved from "auto-buy" to "Yeeaaaaaah, I'll wait until the reviews show up" for me. Which makes me sad, but after the violent animal death in "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" and A Closed And Common Orbit, this is better: the story may have needed it, but it's literally the only thing I can remember about "To Be Taught", and I deleted it as soon as I finished because I knew I'd never be able to read it again.