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.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
Toddson - Dec 07, 2020 8:32:20 am PST #26316 of 28547
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Dana - Dec 07, 2020 9:27:13 am PST #26317 of 28547
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
-t - Dec 07, 2020 9:41:13 am PST #26318 of 28547
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 28547
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 28547
Oh a goblin emperor sequel is so great, I didn’t know! Yay!
Cashmere - Dec 07, 2020 1:37:28 pm PST #26321 of 28547
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 28547
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 28547
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 28547
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.
aurelia - Dec 07, 2020 10:49:29 pm PST #26325 of 28547
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Cash, got any more recs for my Grandmother? This is what I gave you before: 93yr old, reads any biography she can get her hands on. I can't hope to choose a bio that she hasn't read so I tend to go for historical fiction or things like Radium Girls or Devil in the White City. She doesn't like non-linear or complicated time-lines.
You suggested Book of Ages by Jill Lepore so I sent that and Hidden in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad and she was very pleased.