I heart retold fairytales. RM showed up on my radar recently because of that but there were just so many books - having some specific refs from y’all is definitely going to help!
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
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 - Dec 06, 2020 9:16:38 pm PST #26315 of 28358
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Dec 07, 2020 8:32:20 am PST #26316 of 28358
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been re-reading a lot - I don't seem to be able to read any new books except on my e-reader. I've found Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books my go-tos (plus The Goblin Emperor ... and I would dearly love a sequel). The NR/JDR books are especially appreciated because someone actually copyedited them - I almost never find myself wanting to edit the text. And - in the NR books - she features dogs.
Dana - Dec 07, 2020 9:27:13 am PST #26317 of 28358
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
-t - Dec 07, 2020 9:41:13 am PST #26318 of 28358
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hooray!
Amy - Dec 07, 2020 10:24:06 am PST #26319 of 28358
Because books.
Nora always makes me feel a little warmer and more content. I've been tempted to reread her original (?) witch trilogy, the one with Dance Upon the Air.
meara - Dec 07, 2020 11:44:23 am PST #26320 of 28358
Oh a goblin emperor sequel is so great, I didn’t know! Yay!
Cashmere - Dec 07, 2020 1:37:28 pm PST #26321 of 28358
Now tagless for your comfort.
Help, I need manga recommendations for my 15 year old niece, and I don’t read it. Apparently that’s all she’ll read right now.
I'm glad Hec responded. I'd also like to add: Takane & Hana, Demon Prince of Momochi House, Shuriken & Pleats (2 volumes), Ne Ne Ne (1 volume), Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba, Haikyu!!, Prince Freya, Ice Knight, and Yona of the Dawn.
Definitely check thriftbooks.com for gently used copies--it's a great site for aftermarket manga.
DebetEsse - Dec 07, 2020 1:37:33 pm PST #26322 of 28358
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm a little bummed that it's centered on a secondary character and we're unlikely to spend a lot of time with Maia and them, but I have a lot of faith in the author and am excited to be going back to the world
hippocampus - Dec 07, 2020 7:18:30 pm PST #26323 of 28358
not your mom's socks.
Volans I swear I told you about Murderbot. Maybe while we were making you read Machina? If not? I have failed you.
Whoever said the Southern Book Club was not what they signed up for, I co-sign.
So far, The Space Between Worlds is still among my favorites this year. And Midnight Bargain. I finally read Tea Obrecht’s inland and liked it a lot. Now working on Shuggie Bain.
Consuela - Dec 07, 2020 9:35:06 pm PST #26324 of 28358
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
If anyone has an Audible membership, one of the Audible Originals (stuff that Audible produced that often comes free with membership) currently available is a 45-hour collection of Austen novels, narrated by Claire Foy, Florence Pugh, Billie Piper, and Emma Thompson.
... this might get me through the winter.