As usual, I'm reading books way past their debuts, and I just started The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. Anyone else read it?
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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."
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 9:09:41 am PST #26333 of 28175
Because books.
sj - Dec 10, 2020 10:25:48 am PST #26334 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy, that looks good and it turns out I already own the ebook.
I just finished Catherine House which was so good if you like dark academia.
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 11:25:04 am PST #26335 of 28175
Because books.
Oh, that's on my wish list! It looks like exactly my thing.
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 11:30:10 am PST #26336 of 28175
Because books.
Way to post and forget half of what I was going to say! I Monsters is big and complex but wonderful. I live everything about it so far.
And Kindle $1.99 deals are an indulgence I always allow myself, so I have a zillion books on my Kindle I haven't read yet. The problem is I forget t they're there, so every once in a while I have to scroll through the whole list.
-t - Dec 10, 2020 11:34:44 am PST #26337 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 remember hearing about Monsters of Templeton but that sounds interesting. For $1.99? Twist my arm. Why does Lauren Groff sound familiar?
My January magazines just started popping up on my kindle, I don't need to be buying new books. I will have to give myself a stern talking to.
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 11:43:04 am PST #26338 of 28175
Because books.
No, I have it in paperback, it wasn't a Kindle deal. For me! It might have been at some point.
sj - Dec 10, 2020 11:57:01 am PST #26339 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy is me, if it is $1.99 or less on kindle and I’m even vaguely interested in it, I buy it. Then I can always find something for whatever reading mood I’m in.
sj - Dec 10, 2020 11:57:32 am PST #26340 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The book Amy mentioned is 1.99 today.
-t - Dec 10, 2020 12:37:38 pm PST #26341 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sorry, yes, I *did* buy it today because it is $1.99 and I will say "why not?" to a lot of things at that price. Up to $4.99, really, although that adds up fast and I should not be so spendthrifty. I looked it up because y'all were talking about it but not specifically because I expected it to be $1.99.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2020 12:56:28 pm PST #26342 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
because it is $1.99 and I will say "why not?" to a lot of things at that price. Up to $4.99, really, although that adds up fast and I should not be so spendthrifty
I have read a LOT of absolute garbage this year because it was available on Kindle Unlimited and I was trying to put myself on an eBook budget. So anytime something good is on sale, yes, snap it up!