Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.

'Bushwhacked'


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 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!


-t - Dec 10, 2020 1:01:45 pm PST #26343 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I tried to stick to Kindle Unlimited, Jess, but unless I stumble across a whole series that I actually like that is all available there (which happened at least a couple of times and was awesome) I get discouraged after trying to wade through an unreadable mess that was in my "Picks for You" or whatever. And then because I tried it the author will keep showing up in my recommendations and I have to remember that, no, I do not recognize that name because I like them...


sj - Dec 10, 2020 3:06:50 pm PST #26344 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I started My Dark Vanessa this afternoon.


Amy - Dec 10, 2020 3:43:47 pm PST #26345 of 28175
Because books.

Oooh! I want to read that too.


sj - Dec 10, 2020 3:46:15 pm PST #26346 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I have to always decide what I’m reading next or I lose my momentum.


meara - Dec 10, 2020 4:22:05 pm PST #26347 of 28175

Yeah, I gave up on kindle unlimited after trying it a couple times, because while I know there's good stuff out there (and semi-frequently am looking at a book and see it's available there), when I would try to find things to read, it was mostly trash. And not the good kind of trash that I enjoy reading, just....bad.

Though now we're getting all those end of year best books lists, so I have been opening a billion tabs on all my devices to remind myself to either buy them or get them at the library.