I did enjoy Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking! And Goblin Emperor, though it took a while to get into it the first time I read it. Have not heard of aRed Heir!
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
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."
meara - Dec 03, 2020 8:30:44 pm PST #26294 of 27932
juliana - Dec 04, 2020 11:28:26 am PST #26295 of 27932
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I found The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires kinda soothing? In a way? I get why others don’t, tho’.
I could see why you do, as the climax/ending is very cathartic, but the gender politics just Got To Me. I had to put it down a few times, I was that furious.
Beverly - Dec 04, 2020 4:36:12 pm PST #26296 of 27932
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Seconding Enchanted April, both book and film.
-t - Dec 04, 2020 4:45:13 pm PST #26297 of 27932
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I tried a sample of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires because that is a really great title, but it seemed strongly not for me. I don't think I got all the way through the sample.
Amy - Dec 04, 2020 4:53:00 pm PST #26298 of 27932
Because books.
Cozy mysteries also work for me. I've been doing a lot of reading as soothing. Oooh, also Alice Hoffman, early stuff. It's something about the cadence of her language as well as the magical realism.
Dana - Dec 04, 2020 5:17:37 pm PST #26299 of 27932
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Robin McKinley.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 05, 2020 12:00:22 am PST #26300 of 27932
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I second the cozy mysteries and early Alice Hoffman. I agree that her language seems magical. My favorite childhood reread is The Old Fashioned Girl, but I also find The Boxcar Chilren and The Five Little Peppers very soothing. Although thinking about it as an adult the Boxcar Children and The Five Little Peppers has terrible trauma in their lives and the older children had too many adult responsibilities! And the gender roles are very heteronormative. But sometimes I just want to live in a Boxcar and make it pretty with a cracked cup I found in the dump, and eat baked potatoes cooked in a fire with not enough utensils!
meara - Dec 05, 2020 9:16:59 am PST #26301 of 27932
Aww, yes I loved the boxcar children as a kid. Any story about kids managing to fend for themselves—my side of the mountain was another fave.
DavidS - Dec 05, 2020 9:41:00 am PST #26302 of 27932
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Any story about kids managing to fend for themselves—my side of the mountain was another fave.
I love that genre too. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was one I read and re-read.
megan walker - Dec 05, 2020 6:17:38 pm PST #26303 of 27932
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was one I read and re-read.
One of my faves. I think that is why I love the film Easy Living so much. There's an automat!