Hooray library!
I’ll want to know what you think of Addie LaRue. I can’t quite decide whether I want to read it, for some reason.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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 - Feb 11, 2021 11:01:44 am PST #26422 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pix - Feb 11, 2021 11:57:03 am PST #26423 of 28175
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I loved Addie LaRue, for what it's worth.
-t - Feb 11, 2021 12:20:18 pm PST #26424 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, Pix, your recs have always been reliable indicators for me
meara - Feb 11, 2021 1:12:23 pm PST #26425 of 28175
t, I read Addie La Rue and while it wasn’t my super best omg book, i enjoyed it (maybe not the very end??) and finished it. Which these days says something.
DavidS - Feb 11, 2021 1:58:20 pm PST #26426 of 28175
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just picked up Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, and I'm really enjoying it.
It's Dark Academia (literally a "what-if those secret societies at Yale were actually doing dark magic") and it's well-written, and it scratches the itch I enjoyed of the scenes at Brakebills in The Magicians.
sj - Feb 11, 2021 2:00:49 pm PST #26427 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I loved Ninth House and can’t wait for the sequel!
Steph L. - Feb 11, 2021 2:47:47 pm PST #26428 of 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dark Academia
I'm ready for the genre of Dark Macadamia. The protagonist is really into nuts...but in a spooky way.
Amy - Feb 11, 2021 3:05:52 pm PST #26429 of 28175
Because books.
Ninth House was fantastic, although it took me a minute to adjust to the voice and setting after reading all the Grishaverse books.
DavidS - Feb 11, 2021 3:11:51 pm PST #26430 of 28175
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm ready for the genre of Dark Macadamia. The protagonist is really into nuts...but in a spooky way.
Terrifyingly delicious! Especially dipped in DARK chocolate!
-t - Feb 11, 2021 4:01:13 pm PST #26431 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am down for the genre of Dark Macadamia with Dark Chocolate!
Ninth House made me kind of anxious because I am all too ready to believe that Yale is actually full of sorcery and whatnot, but I did really like it and cannot wait for the next one. Have not read any of the Grishaverse, probably should.
Hec, you should read A Deadly Education (Naomi Novak, first in The Scholomance series) for a different but very well thought out and highly enjoyable take on magical education.