Today’s first vintage gothic romance indulgence: The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits by Barbara Michaels. Yes, I bought it for the title.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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."
Atropa - Nov 03, 2020 1:12:41 pm PST #26190 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
sj - Nov 03, 2020 1:23:09 pm PST #26191 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
That looks good, Jilli! Adding it to my list.
chrismg - Nov 03, 2020 2:13:54 pm PST #26192 of 28175
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
IT REALLY WAS BUNNIES.
Atropa - Nov 03, 2020 2:22:55 pm PST #26193 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
... dammit, the rabbits are a symbol of drunkenness in Aztec mythology. Not bunnies with occult powers.
The book is fun, but I did have my hopes up for bunnies of the occult.
-t - Nov 03, 2020 2:23:28 pm PST #26194 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm going to get that just because that Buffy horoscope thing said I was Anya.
-t - Nov 03, 2020 2:34:04 pm PST #26195 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, there's a new Penric and Desdemona novella
Beverly - Nov 03, 2020 5:59:55 pm PST #26196 of 28175
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I remember being a fan of Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Mertz.
-t - Nov 04, 2020 4:57:15 am PST #26197 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don’t think I ever read anything under the Mertz name
Toddson - Nov 04, 2020 5:45:32 am PST #26198 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I think the only things she wrote under her own name - Barbara Mertz - were serious Egyptology books (she had a Ph.D. in the subject). I have one. FYI, the Barbara Michaels books often have a supernatural element - ghosts, hauntings, etc. The Peters books less so (why, yes, I've read just about everything she wrote).
-t - Nov 04, 2020 6:30:31 am PST #26199 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would explain it! Thanks